Notes on psychiatry and professional life.
Writing on the intersection of psychiatric illness and demanding work — what gets missed, what gets mislabelled, and what is worth taking to a clinician. Educational only, and not a substitute for evaluation.
ADHD & executive function
Task initiation, time blindness, prioritisation, emotional regulation, and the cost of compensating for years without knowing why it was necessary.
4 articlesMood, anxiety & burnout
Depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, perfectionism, sleep, and the exhaustion that gets called burnout — including how to tell which one you are actually dealing with.
10 articlesSerious mental illness
Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and psychosis — employment, treatment, stigma, and what recovery actually looks like.
1 articleMental health & substance use
Alcohol, stimulants, cannabis, and prescription medications — assessed alongside mood, attention, and sleep rather than separately from them.
2 articlesSeeking care
What a psychiatric evaluation involves, when it is worth having one, why capable people find it hard to ask, and the professions where asking is hardest.
8 articles