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Had a shite day today-12 hours of understanding that people I thought were friends are batting for the other team. Painful but required. Thank God I have many others who would go to hell and back for me and I for them. Still, it's a tightener! This article cheered me up immensely. It's great on so many levels. Before I retired,-(I wasn't really thrown out, I promise!) I witnessed the adult ADHD "diagnosis" industry kick off. Of course benefit access is one issue, and a relevant one in practices like the one in which I worked, with child poverty at 60% and every other social yardstick off the scale in the wrong direction. But the medicalisation of what used to be known as "characters" and the categorisation of the infinite breadth and scope of human idiosyncrasies by a ICD-READ code is a tragedy, IMHO. Ministers claiming ADHD is just plain weird. A new victim group?
BTW Knock shrine during lockdown was a negation of everything it should have stood for. I visited, and broke every diktat, before being asked to leave. I was tempted to make them throw me out, but that's just my ADHD kicking in!
It seems most people are on drugs these days alright , whether prescription or other.. because we are expected to function like robots , this has been going on a long time but it is getting worse .. often wondered what would happen if caffeine disappeared overnight too 🤔. I'm not on drugs ( but with plenty of pressure to get on them so I can play a 'proper ' part in society) ..I did discover coffee 5 years ago and it was " ahh so this is how people function in this world "..but I can't keep up at all and I know I couldn't live a " normal "life because it's too demanding ..I'll manage with a caravan and foraging and odd jobs for now untill they make that impossible too . But what I'm really concerned about is our children , that there won't be any loopholes left for them to get out of the matrix at all on any level.
Excellent stuff. Brought me back to the 80's travelling those roads commissioning the new digital telephone exchanges throughout Mayo, Roscommon and north Galway.
So refreshing to read this. An oasis of sanity in an increasingly bizzare world.
The news about that guy's ADHD set me thinking. Is it possible that elected politicians receive drugs free or at least at cost from the pharmaceutical companies that have have set up in Ireland? I wonder if this could be a quid pro quo for the 'generous' tax treatment they get from the government.
A register of drug-taking politicians might provide the answer.
Drinken tea now from a petrol station whats the story with that lol. Maybe you should start bringing a little stove and camping kettle a camp fold up chair and a round of egg and onion sambos and an umbrella of course , that would be cool hahaha. When I was a teen we used as a youth club go up to the care school on a thursday evening and have a disco with the teens from that school . Down syndrome could not be any more incorrect a description of these kids , the most loving, caring , imaginative and fun a human being you will not find. And on Gerry Gammon well his illness is that he's a fucking politician and there's no cure for cunts like that. Prescriptive society or maybe pre-scripted society ??, anyway the shuttering on that Galway pillar is rough, just sayin .
That might be one of the best pieces of writing ive read in here, and about subjects I love, Ireland, truth and Theology. I suppose we can't really separate God from Ireland because of our heritage. The tracing back of our names in our family and counties. My own name traces back to St Columba, Doon Well and Glenveagh area. I love that connection in me, a reverence, an honor, a prayer.
I walked from Derry to Knock and id do it again. We walked along many roads past Benbulbin where horses and carts where on the main roads. In a field walking in to Knock, a horse and its foal galloped in strength and peace, it was magical. People waiting inside brought me to tears.
Or maybe it was because I also couldn't feel my feet.
Had a shite day today-12 hours of understanding that people I thought were friends are batting for the other team. Painful but required. Thank God I have many others who would go to hell and back for me and I for them. Still, it's a tightener! This article cheered me up immensely. It's great on so many levels. Before I retired,-(I wasn't really thrown out, I promise!) I witnessed the adult ADHD "diagnosis" industry kick off. Of course benefit access is one issue, and a relevant one in practices like the one in which I worked, with child poverty at 60% and every other social yardstick off the scale in the wrong direction. But the medicalisation of what used to be known as "characters" and the categorisation of the infinite breadth and scope of human idiosyncrasies by a ICD-READ code is a tragedy, IMHO. Ministers claiming ADHD is just plain weird. A new victim group?
BTW Knock shrine during lockdown was a negation of everything it should have stood for. I visited, and broke every diktat, before being asked to leave. I was tempted to make them throw me out, but that's just my ADHD kicking in!
Good read, Gerry 😊
It seems most people are on drugs these days alright , whether prescription or other.. because we are expected to function like robots , this has been going on a long time but it is getting worse .. often wondered what would happen if caffeine disappeared overnight too 🤔. I'm not on drugs ( but with plenty of pressure to get on them so I can play a 'proper ' part in society) ..I did discover coffee 5 years ago and it was " ahh so this is how people function in this world "..but I can't keep up at all and I know I couldn't live a " normal "life because it's too demanding ..I'll manage with a caravan and foraging and odd jobs for now untill they make that impossible too . But what I'm really concerned about is our children , that there won't be any loopholes left for them to get out of the matrix at all on any level.
Excellent stuff. Brought me back to the 80's travelling those roads commissioning the new digital telephone exchanges throughout Mayo, Roscommon and north Galway.
So refreshing to read this. An oasis of sanity in an increasingly bizzare world.
The news about that guy's ADHD set me thinking. Is it possible that elected politicians receive drugs free or at least at cost from the pharmaceutical companies that have have set up in Ireland? I wonder if this could be a quid pro quo for the 'generous' tax treatment they get from the government.
A register of drug-taking politicians might provide the answer.
Another gem Gerry. Made me put aside my muesli this morning.
As Spike Milligan said “the Irish think sideways”
God bless you.
Drinken tea now from a petrol station whats the story with that lol. Maybe you should start bringing a little stove and camping kettle a camp fold up chair and a round of egg and onion sambos and an umbrella of course , that would be cool hahaha. When I was a teen we used as a youth club go up to the care school on a thursday evening and have a disco with the teens from that school . Down syndrome could not be any more incorrect a description of these kids , the most loving, caring , imaginative and fun a human being you will not find. And on Gerry Gammon well his illness is that he's a fucking politician and there's no cure for cunts like that. Prescriptive society or maybe pre-scripted society ??, anyway the shuttering on that Galway pillar is rough, just sayin .
Great article Gerry.
Excellent writing Gerry thoughtful imaginative and compelling
That might be one of the best pieces of writing ive read in here, and about subjects I love, Ireland, truth and Theology. I suppose we can't really separate God from Ireland because of our heritage. The tracing back of our names in our family and counties. My own name traces back to St Columba, Doon Well and Glenveagh area. I love that connection in me, a reverence, an honor, a prayer.
I walked from Derry to Knock and id do it again. We walked along many roads past Benbulbin where horses and carts where on the main roads. In a field walking in to Knock, a horse and its foal galloped in strength and peace, it was magical. People waiting inside brought me to tears.
Or maybe it was because I also couldn't feel my feet.
Thank you for this, powerful.
We can trust in God that he has a plan for us. We should not lose hope and be strong in faith and love.