Depression Depression is a insidious disorder. Often you don’t know how bad it really is until something triggers such a reaction that you say “oh dear heavens, I want to die”. Depression and thoughts of death go hand in hand. Not always, but chances are if you’re thinking of your […]
Coping with mental health
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I know not everyone is a Shakespeare fan, but bear with me for a moment. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,No more; and by a sleep to […]
This is a subject that turned into a major discussion with my therapist as well as those close to me. The way that I understood the idea of forgiveness, until this point, was to release the negative feelings and then be able to feel love towards the person and honestly […]
I come up with topics to write about by taking a look at things that have had to deal with. If they’ve impacted me enough to feel motivated to express them in a more public setting, they eventually make their way to a finished piece here. However, like I’ve stated […]
This came about when a beloved friend was commenting on so many people seeming to have anxiety and/or depression. He was having a bit of a hard time understanding what made it so different from him being able to cope with difficult situations. After a while of thinking on it, […]
I’ve been going through a rough spot recently. I just got informed that my ankle that has been giving me problems will have to be surgically redone and the previous implant has already been taken out after a car wreck dislodged it. I’ve been subluxing my elbow, which is a […]
Best friends is not exactly a term often heard when discussing ones mental illness, but it’s true for mine. The two of them are near inseparable. They’re like two old women who go to the hairdressers mainly to gossip or the old conspiracy theorist that everyone tries to avoid so […]