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My Personal Story.

In my late teens I suffered from paranoia. After two years I was able to resume normal life. I studied at a well-known university. I graduated with a science degree. After a series of traumatic experiences I started to hear voices. I could not cope. I admitted myself into a psychiatric hospital. The diagnosis was schizophrenia. I am now in my early sixties. I had a successful 30-years-long career in the Information Technology industry. Then I was retrenched. Now I use a computer at home and I write.

I had a number of episodes which lasted up to three months each. In between - whilst taking an appropriate dosage of medication - I felt and behaved in an almost "normal" way.

When I was 15 years old and studying basic physics and chemistry at school, I had a humbling thought about the world. I recently put the idea into a 20-words-long statement. It is called "Size".

Whilst on a holiday in the city Brisbane in Australia, I wrote a poem called "Brisbane". It won a prize in a poetry competition in May 2004.

I wrote a poem whilst sitting in a cafe. It is called "Change". It was published in a poetry magazine in 2002.

Here is a poem about one of my visits to the city of Melbourne.

My "Heavy" Essays and Poems.

About five years ago I wrote an essay called "Action". Please read it.

I wrote a story about dysfunctional relationships. It is called The Addict and the "Caretaker". An alternative title may be: "The Narcissist and the Dependent". You might find it enlightening.

Here is an allegory called "A Wine Glass". It was published in a magazine in 2005.

Recently I wrote a poem called "Fear". Please read it.

I wrote about an insight that I had. The story  is called "Loving Everyone".

Here is a short story called "Bullying".  Do you have such a problem at work?

Here is a story about my thoughts on "Aggression".

I wrote a story about manipulation. Would you like to read "Shopping"?

In the essay "My Spirituality" I wrote about my opinion of religion.

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