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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 19, 2021

The Midnight Library

A passage from Matt Haig’s latest book.

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Two culturesTags: Hole Ousia, Matt Haig, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, Social maverick, social media, The Midnight Library, The Rebel Antiquary, This is not yesterday, Two Cultures

By Hole Ousia Posted on April 17, 2021

“Everyone’s got mental-health stuff”

The following quotes are from the novel ‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig:

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Depression, History of medicine, Medical humanities, Psychiatry, This is Not yesterdayTags: antidepressant, antidepressants, clinical depression, Depression, everyone's got mental-health stuff, Fluoxetine, Matt Haig, mental-health stuff, Prozac, Psychiatry, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Sertraline, SSRI, SSRIs, The Midnight Library, the talbets weren't working

By Hole Ousia Posted on April 17, 2021April 17, 2021

“And that had led to them talking about social media”

This is a passage from the novel ‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig.

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, This is Not yesterdayTags: And that had led them to talking about social media, core values, hatred, Hole Ousia, lonliness, Matt Haig, More respectful debate, Researching practising and debating mental health care, respectful and constructive, social media, that's why everyone hates each other nowadays, The Midnight Library, twitter, what is the point of all this nastiness

By Hole Ousia Posted on March 12, 2021

Secret of the Yew Tree

‘If we are on a path of initiation into the secrets of landscape, earthlore and healing, the yew tree can become a powerful heirophant.’ The Ormiston Yew The circular Yew … Continue reading Secret of the Yew Tree

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