Tag: bullying

• License To Rant

  The best thing about turning fifty is that you get a license to rant and it turns out that I have quite a talent for it. Which is why I’m going to dish the dirt on the six or seven police officers at a Random Breath Testing unit at 10am this morning in my sleepy…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  May 1, 2018

  Ageing, Australia, Education, Health, humor, Midlife Observations, suicide

  bullying, lawenforcement, mentalillness, police, rant, society, suicide

• Middle-Aged Wisdom, Loving Your Neighbour and Pointless Power Struggles

  The family will argue this point but one aspect of my personality that has calmed down with age is my need to control everything and my desire for power.  Some call this ‘wisdom’, and for many of us it takes a long time to get there. Many of us are guilty of getting so caught…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  August 3, 2016

  Ageing, Depression, happiness, mental health, middle age, Midlife Observations

  abuse, bullying, lovetheyneighbour, middleage, power, thenews, world

• Trauma and Bullying And Their Link To Mental Illness

  The Sharpest Pencil, one of my favourite blogs, by Lana Hirschowitz, drew my attention to this illuminating, but deeply sad post by Mike Cullen recently on the subject of bullying, after the investigation of the Safe Schools program here in Australia was announced. An Open Letter To The Prime Minister of Australia In their own…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  April 18, 2016

  ADHD, Depression, Health, mental health, Midlife Observations, Parenting, suicide, Teenagers

  bullying, mentalillness, suicide