Dear parents, please don’t choose to die…
*** Content warning: Suicidal themes *** Dear dad or mum to a child or children, Firstly, let me...
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Aug 10, 2020 | Life, Mental health, Parenting, The Westsider, Writing | 0 |
*** Content warning: Suicidal themes *** Dear dad or mum to a child or children, Firstly, let me...
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Feb 20, 2020 | Life, Mental health, Parenting, Writing | 0 |
Nothing I write feels ‘worthy’ of the page or screen right now. How could it? Our country is burning and our ‘leaders’ credibility even more up in smoke.
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Dec 17, 2019 | Featured, Life, Mental health, Parenting, Writing | 0 |
Five years is a brilliant achievement for a printed publication, these days. Let alone one that is...
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Nov 28, 2019 | Life, Mental health, Writing | 0 |
Yes, I’ve had multiple periods of time where my mental health was quite bad. Yes, I have hit the...
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Nov 16, 2019 | Featured, Life, Mental health, Writing | 0 |
1999 Green Day’s Time of Your Life was released a year or two before I finished high...
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In the July issue of The Westsider, in a piece entitled ‘A brief history of my former life as an...
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It’s been six years since I did a run of any note. Six years… and during that time...
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Jul 6, 2019 | Featured, Life, Mental health, Writing | 0 |
The day I write this piece marks four years since I last had an alcoholic drink. Alcohol of any...
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Life, Mental health, Parenting, Writing | 0 |
In announcing an expansion of its mental health program, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) said the men “will be automatically offered a comprehensive mental health assessment and sign-posted to professional support if needed.”
Australia should go even further.
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Oct 13, 2018 | Life, Media, Mental health, Parenting, Writing | 0 |
It was Saturday, March 28, 1998, when I received the news that would cast a shadow over the rest of my life.
I was 16 years old, and nothing would ever be ‘normal’ as I knew it, again. My dad had killed himself and now, 20 years on, I still have a father-shaped hole in my heart that won’t ever be filled.
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Sep 17, 2018 | Life, Media, Mental health, Parenting, Writing | 0 |
Married with a young family and a great job, JC Clapham thought he had ticked all the boxes for a...
Read Moreby JC Clapham | Sep 13, 2018 | Life, Media, Mental health, Parenting, Writing | 0 |
One of the many shitful things about having a parent who died while I was young is that my kids...
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