The concept of a tree of life is a symbol for the interconnection of all life. Read the rest of this entry »

Whilst Temple Grandin is known for her visual thinking, I was known for talking about the opposite – meaning blindness. Read the rest of this entry »

A trick of the light is an optical illusion. We see something that isn’t there, or we see something we think is one thing, then look at it from a different angle and find our perspective is changed, different. My life has been full of such illusions. Often the illusions had me convinced and I indulged and enjoyed the magic, the madness. Other times I surprised myself, finding I was so much more than the first impressions. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re lucky enough to live in one of Melbourne’s top tourism destinations, the Dandenong Ranges. Home to lyrebirds, possums, wallabies, kangaroos, wombats, parrots, towering gum trees and tree ferns, and areas of temperate rainforest. Read the rest of this entry »

As an autism consultant one of my lecture topics as a public speaker is anxiety disorders that can present as ‘part of the autism’. Anxiety disorders can be a contributing part of one’s ‘Autism Fruit Salad’. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine you didn’t have to travel to a therapist for years on end, that you were in the 80% who could overcome your anxiety disorder or depression with the mentoring of an online clinic, a Virtual Clinic for the effective treatment of:

Sadness (Depression)
Shyness (Social Phobia)
Panic (Panic/Agoraphobia)
Worry (Generalised Anxiety Disorder)
Worry and Sadness (Mixed Depression and Anxiety)
Obsessions and Compulsions (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

Donna Williams, BA Hons, Dip Ed.
Author, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter.
Autism consultant and public speaker.
http://www.donnawilliams.net

Look at the definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

“Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a Cluster B personality disorder[1] in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity, mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and to others in the process. It is estimated that this condition affects one percent of the population.[2][3] First formulated in 1968, NPD was historically called megalomania, and is a form of severe egocentrism.[4]”
from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

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Once Were Warriors by Donna Williams[/caption] Once Were Warriors by Donna Williams. In dedication to the heroic hostages of the Sydney Siege which ended 2am this morning. Painted today, 16/12/14. (sorry its blurred, better pic tomorrow in daylight). In the painting I see the chaos of the night…their lives in the control of a madman, the sights, smells, words, the warrior within waiting to conquer the madness of that night, the sleep those people didn’t get, the surrealism, the nightmare all but two were rescued from. This is my artists prayer for the survivors and my tribute to those who lost their lives that night saving others.

Haron Monis was a personality disordered person, exhibiting narcissistic personality disorder with associated pathological self righteousness, violent misogyny, and delusions of grandeur who was likely also fueled by some level of PTSD. When charged with sexual assault in March this year, he had set himself up as an expert in “astrology, numerology, meditation and black magic” services, which seems completely at odds with his vision of himself as a devout muslim of any kind whatsoever. My view is that like anyone with significant personality disorders underpinning their deranged behaviour, he was a mentally ill person. We can hate and demonise Haron Monis as much as we might any psychopath, any severely personality disordered human being in the wake of the damage done. But until we face that we are overlooking many many many personality disordered people as those with mental illness, we will not deal appropriately with those who are born, or become this way before they do these deeds.

We’re lucky enough to live in one of Melbourne’s top tourism destinations, the Dandenong Ranges. Home to lyrebirds, possums, wallabies, kangaroos, wombats, parrots, towering gum trees and tree ferns, and areas of temperate rainforest. Read the rest of this entry »