Posts about, among other things, mental illness, mental health, and recovery.
I like to revisit favourite movie scenes. I’ve seen “Manhattan is flooding” from The Day After Tomorrow so many times I can recite the dialogue verbatim. Seeing Aliens break through the barricades on LV-426 is always a pick me up. I drop in on favoured scenes from books, too. As with movies, there are specific books I prefer to revisit. Much depends on my mood. … Continue reading It’s the quirks that make things interesting.
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?
