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I managed to tear the ligaments in my wrist

By Cognitive Space on 18/11/2018

Its been a wild couple of weeks. I was knocked over playing basketball a few weeks ago with what I thought was a minor injury. It turned out I fractured my wrist and tore two ligaments which is wild. I ended up having surgery to reinforce the ligaments and a couple of days in hospital […]

Visiting Auschwitz was emotional and deeply sobering

By Cognitive Space on 29/09/2018

I’m currently in Poland on a solo trip for my birthday eating and drinking my way through Krakow and Warsaw, as part of the trip I visited Auschwitz which was an experience It was such a lovely day and I arrived at about 8am. There was a sense of calm and beauty to the area […]

Speaking at the International Men’s Day event to break the stigma of mental health

By Cognitive Space on 21/11/2017

For some time now I’ve been ignoring my issues of poor mental health. Hiding it upon layers of compartmentalisation and with the help of alcohol. This year I started cognitive behavioral therapy and have since seen a psychotherapist and my outlook has changed immensely since This week as part of International Men’s Day it was […]

Bumping into Takashi Miike at the London Film Festival

By Cognitive Space on 09/10/2017

Takashi Miike is possibly the most prolific directors alive. From the ultra violence of Ichi The Killer, to the controversy of Audition, to the lynchian weirdness of Gozu and even children’s movies Down at the BFI London Film Festival last night I was in attendance for his 100th movie Blade of the Immortal and the […]