After spending 8 weeks or more in total lockdown, many people now feel anxious about venturing into the wider world – understandably so. This week, The Independent’s Olivia Petter wrote a very valid article about the obstacles many people now face when learning to adapt to life post total lockdown. Olivia’s article explained that: “…returning […]

Depression was not widely recognised in Japan until the late 1990s When an advertising campaign called it a “cold of the soul” sales of anti-depressants boomed Now some have been accused of faking depression to get time off work TORISUGARI I’m sitting on a psychiatrist’s couch in southern Japan, turning the pages of a manga […]