Since I've moved back into my parents' house, I've been reading one of my father's books on psychology. The subject interests me for several reasons. To begin with, I've always been curious about the workings of the mind, both mine and others'. Mine especially these days, as in recent years I've discovered I have several psychological disorders.

I read on the BBC today about a boy who was awarded record damages in Australia. The young man, Benjamin Cox, had been bullied since the age of five, and the court found that the school had not taken proper measures to defend him, and thus was awarded $213,000 Australian, in addition to a lifetime stipend.