A Psychiatric Ward Mental health is in the news this year, with government imploring us not to stigmatize ourselves or others, but instead to believe in getting help. But is the government honestly serious? I remember… When other students were enjoying their Christmas break I was in the psychiatric ward. At night, I never heard […]
Missing Medication Has Consequences
seanessay.com I follow the blog of Penelope Trunk. I was inspired to comment on her office politics article Don’t Skip Pills—Even If It Seems Interesting. (Link) Sean: I don’t know much about medication, but I do know that if someone is living with schizophrenia, controlled by medication, and if that person goes off their medication, […]
Report From the Trenches on Tariffs
seanessay.com Who can you ask, if you live in the US, about the effect of tariffs? And why do I stress “trenches”? Last week, by way of illustration about “who to ask,” someone posted that our big creative building, C-space, would be closed for both Good Friday and Easter Monday. I responded, “Do you know […]
Purely and Truly in the Arena
seanessay.com I worry about being “good enough” for meeting the writing standards of a mysterious “they,” the authorities in my head—and the standards of my harsh parents, who would today despise my academic clutter and my unmanageable piles of books that aren’t shiny, that don’t fit on my available shelves… As a schoolboy, when my […]