I c’m from iron, smoke an’ grime, Where puddlin’ men put in their time. Me grandad’s donnies were black wi’ toil, Stirrin’ fire, skimm’n spoil. The furnace roared, the hammer banged, That raw desire, it kicked and clanged. But puddlin’ ay just ommerin’ steel It’s sortin’ chaos, makin’ it real. I cum from graft, from …
The puddler’s forge: Red lights and the refining of omnipotence
In my previous article, Omnipotence: The hidden danger, I introduced the idea of “omnipotence,” the feeling of being all-powerful. In this article, I want to expand on it further with an easy-to-understand metaphor. The reasons for this are twofold. Firstly, my experience of psychoanalysis is full of jargon and labels, which I do not feel …
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Gratitude: The Black Country Breakfast
The above title may sound a little odd especially if you are not familiar with the area known in the UK, West Midlands as the ‘Black Country’. It is mainly urban, covering most of the Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall Metropolitan Boroughs. The towns Dudley and Tipton are generally considered to be the centre. The area …
A spreader in search of a container
If I had to identify one common factor that seems to connect every patient I encounter, it would be the difficulty in containing and processing psychological pain. Life is full of moments where an individual will be tested and tried. Bereavements, relationship tensions, ill health, unemployment, financial worries, Christmas, just to name a few. However, …
The year to find the extraordinary in being ordinary
The idea for this paper arose when I was watching a number of TV shows during the Christmas period. These shows depicted famous people who we might say were extraordinary human beings. For example, John Williams the distinguished composer of classic films such as Harry Potter, Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Then, there were the …
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