Posts about, among other things, mental illness, mental health, and recovery.
I have a few thoughts about managing depression. I have zero credentials save for life experience. My current bout of depression is not my first. I’ve been in the trenches before. My mood is sitting at “I feel like dogshit and kind of wish I was dead but feelings aren’t in my control so let’s focus on the things that are” and the second half … Continue reading Half-assed is okay.
My anxiety is high at the moment. I’m a little triggered. I thought I’d write about it. About how anxiety is currently happening in various degrees to most people in the age of COVID. About some simple things you can do to help calm the mind and body. I was thinking about it while sitting outside under the deck. I was thinking about anxiety, breath, … Continue reading Breathe deeply. Relax.
I’m taking an online course on personal growth. The timing for the coaching sessions is coincidentally excellent. There’s a pandemic and I have time on my hands The first module was about stress. * I tend to think I’m not under much stress. I mean yes, I have personal, behavioural, and mental health issues, I’m on disability, and I just finished cancer treatments but if … Continue reading How’s the stress?
“Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention.” * I have more than a few and I’ve probably mentioned some of them ad nauseum. I’m not entirely sure, however, that regrets in and of themselves are negative. I’ve been thinking about regrets of late. The nice thing about pandemics is they give you time to think. My daughter and grandson live … Continue reading Regrets, I’ve had a few.
From Famine to Feast 