Aggh! I'm feeling so tired. My eyes are aching from staring at this screen for so l-o-n-g- & forgetting to bring my glasses. Just now, I have been trying to sign up for a gmail account. However, I want my email to be kinda boring...just my name...however, my name is taken & the only alternatives they provide are like "mc-something or other 8977"...whatever that means.

I was reading an article in the weekend paper (The Australian)about how treatment for post-traumatic stress is all wrong. It said that in the case of tragedy, whether earthquake or bank hold-up, that what kind of counselling that is provided (or not) has a big impact down the line for the individual. They gave a case of a policeman who was at Port Arthur (Australia's bigges mass murder) & he was given a lot of debriefing & relieving what happened. The counsellor suggested that he would go through certain 'stages' (like rage, anger, depression) and he did.

But what research has suggested is that having a PTS counsellor SAY that these things will happen, often means that they do. I guess it could be like the 'power of suggestion'. What is found to be better was labelled the 'tea & biscuit' approach, not really talking about the specifics of what happened. Also, taking the person back to the scene & having them lose their fear was also found to be good.

I found it a really interesting read...and this is probably way of topic, but I find even when I'm talking to my two children I sometimes suggest things like "were you scared" and then they say "yes"...so, it has made me think if I am suggesting too much that they are/or should be scared & then they are....hmmm....

Something which made me very happy was reading on yesterdays forums - the mention by Germaine Greer of Morrissey in her Gaurdian column!!! Sounds silly...but I was so thrilled that she even knew who he was.I didn't think that she would. But it made my heart very content.

Best dash, got to meet my supervisor to print her corrections of my work - as she couldn't email them to me...yeah