Back to Stagger’s point; it’s a dark day when mental health is quoted tactically for excusing poor behaviour. Real illness, fair enough but not as a smokescreen. It plays on the unseeable elements of mental health. Telling some you’ve got a broken leg is straightforward and beyond doubt. Telling someone you’ve got a “broken” mind is asking them to trust you when you are in a weak & frightening place. A trust that will be made harder to achieve if some twisted sods play games to avoid responsibility for their actions.

Went for a short run in the hills yesterday. First time I’d felt the urge after losing my dad just over three years ago. The mind is a tricky thing & grief is weird. Being out running in the hills again was glorious. The itch & hunger is quietly coming back. A wise fellow runner had told me a while ago to be patient with myself. She was right; rest, friends & time heals many things.