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Mental Health Focus: 5 Brilliant TED Talks About Mental Health

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Here are five brilliant TED Talks about mental health:

1. Ruby Wax: What’s so funny about mental illness?

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2. Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness — from the inside

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3. Eleanor Longden: The voices in my head

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4. Mark Henick: Why we choose suicide

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5. Kevin Breel: Confessions of a depressed comic

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What’s interesting is that none of these speakers is British. I think we are too worried about the stigma. I’ve wrote a series of Mental Health Focus blog posts to help to #EndTheStigma around mental health and to encourage others to talk openly and honestly about their own mental health. Each week in January, I’ll be posting one of these Mental Health Focus blog posts.

How do you manage your own mental and emotional health? Leave a comment below.

If you are experiencing an episode of poor mental health, two useful websites are: Mind and SANE. If you are feeling suicidal please visit your nearest A&E Department for crisis support.

Blog soon,

Antony

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Smart Insulin: Potentially Life-Changing for Type 1 Diabetics

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I recently watched this video about smart insulin, which could potentially be life-changing for people with Type 1 Diabetes:

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Even though JDRF is in American charity it seems to have a UK-based charity in the UK, see: JDRF.org.uk. It presents some interesting facts about living with Type 1 diabetes in the UK:

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could revolutionise Type 1 diabetes care; taking away the need for daily blood sugar testing and multiple insulin injections a day.

As a Type 1 diabetic, it’s been a long time since I’ve had hope of a cure or at least better treatment. But this has restored some of my hope. So I would encourage you to all donate, if you can afford to do so.

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Antony



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7 Things That Remind Me It’s Christmas

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7. Holidays are coming! Coca Cola advert.

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6. The scent of a cinnamon candle.
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The Finished Product: Of course I had to light my trial jar to test the scent throw. As it happens it’s awesome and smells amazing (2).
5. Watching The Muppets Christmas Carol.
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4. Celebrating Yule.
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See related blog posts:
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Yuletide Preparations
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3. Spending hours wrapping presents.
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Getting Into The Festive Spirit:
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2. Spending Time with Friends and Family.

1. Visiting Grandparents.

Write soon,

Antony

Updated 01/12/18: Changed Youtube video as old video removed from Youtube. Changed images for cinnamon candle and Muppet’s Christmas Carol.

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Review: My Cats (Dylan & Russell) Enjoy Playing with Automatic Laser Toy by FroliCat

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frolicat-laser-toy-box I haven’t blogged about Dylan and Russell my gorgeous bengal cats in ages. They’ve really grown up, but they are still very playful. Which is why I bought them this Automatic Laser Toy by FroliCat.

The Automatic Laser Toy shoots a red laser across the floor in a circular motion for the cats to chase. It has has four speed settings (slow, medium, fast and variable) and allows you to decide how long playtime is for by setting a timer (5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes).

Dylan and Russell enjoy playing the Automatic Laser Toy game. Here’s a video showing them playing with it:

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The Automatic Laser Toy must be placed in the centre of the room, meaning you have to be careful not to trip on it. It works on AA batteries which is good as it makes it portable, but it does mean that as the batteries get low the Automatic Laser Toy slows down. The internal motor is noisy.But my cats love it!

Every time the Automatic Laser Toy is on Dylan and Russell chase around after the light. If you’ve got cats, yours will love it to. The Automatic Laser Toy by FroliCat is available to buy on Amazon.

Review soon,

Antony



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