Patrick Marlborough
What It's Like to Have Borderline Personality Disorder
"I keep seeing my neighbor's pool in winter, just an empty bowl of dusty blue tiles. Imagine standing in the middle of that, when suddenly, the pool fills up. In an instant, you're drowning."
Remembering C. Martin Croker, the Weird Genius Behind 'Space Ghost: Coast to Coast'
Clay Martin Croker has passed away at age 54. He inspired everyone from Tim and Eric, to Hannibal Buress and Eric Andre.
I Struggle With Mental Illness and RUOK Day Makes My Skin Crawl
It's cute getting people to ask each other "are you OK?" but the more vocal I get about my depression, the less people want to ask about it.
One Day at a Medieval Fair Proved I'm Not Tough Enough to be a Geek
Court jesters taking selfies, warlocks in speed dealer sunnies, old guys wailing on one another with fake swords.
The Rowers Keep on Rowing: In Memory of Gene Wilder
The "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" star passed away today, aged 83.
All the Times My Mental Illness Got Me Fired
Bipolar, depression, anxiety—these don't seem to be conducive to employability. Looking back on my best firings, a clear pattern emerges.
Dead Dolphins and Ripcurl T-Shirts: Revisiting Perth's Underwater World
For Perth residents of a certain age, Underwater World maintains a nostalgic shimmer. It was a place you became friends with fish, and a time when life was in the future. I went back to see how things have changed.
Perth Isn't Boring, it's a Hotbed of Suburban Freakdom
There are plenty of things you should love about Perth.
Me and Ben Cousins: Proof That Perth Is No Way to Treat the Mentally Ill
This is a photo of me and Ben. I was six, he was 17. Long before he crumpled into a form of failure Perth treats with particularly acerbic scorn.
How Stand-Up Comedy Puts My Bipolar Brain at Ease
Stand-up is basically an acceptable form of public self-harm. As someone who thinks a lot about self harm, it's one place I feel accepted.
The Glorious Highs and Dismal Lows of Life Without My Bipolar Meds
A manic episode is like a frenzied bukakke party in my head, and I'm all the participants at once.
Mit liv som kleptoman
Det chokerer mig stadig, når folk reagerer negativt på mit stjæleri, men en del af rædslen/skønheden ved psykisk sygdom er det fuldstændigt forblændede forhold, man får til risikofyldte ting. Jeg overvejer ikke engang muligheden for at blive taget.