Category: Depression
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A Re-blog: The Depression Diaries — Beth McIntyre
Today I took some time to catch up on some tags that I follow. Below is one that caught my heart. Beth has a story to tell one that may help others. I have a feeling she is new to the WordPress community. After reading this post drop her a line in the comment section.…
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Men And Depression
I am using information from National Institute Of Mental Health There will be several posts that I will post with the source mentioned above. Introduction Men and women both experience depression but their symptoms can be very different. Because men who are depressed may appear to be angry or aggressive instead of sad, their families,…
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Oh I Wonder, Wonder, Wonder…
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. Swami Sivananda Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/past-mistakes-quotes Every once in awhile I find myself wondering how different my life would been like if I hadn’t made some of…
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Aching Memories
Memories, good, the bad, and the ugly. Some you want to keep forever for they remind of a time gone past that was warm, comforting, and full of love.
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The Silent Scream
Lately there are times I just want to scream, not in anger, but shear frustration. Frustration that I am going through another period of depression.
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O.K. I Admit…
I have been pushing back on something I just don’t want to admit, for if I admit it then I own it. I have been doing mental gymnastics around it. The more I try to avoid it, the stronger it seems to loom over me.
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Ill Effects Of Depression
If you don’t think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. Kris Carr Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/depression-quotes I…
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I Get Depressed When…
*** When I tell people that I am bi-polar their reply is, “You don’t look sick”! *** That’s not a real illness *** They have no tests for it like an x-ray or something *** Just get happy Those are just a few things that make me want to pull my hair out, they just…
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Too Much Quiet Is Maddening!
I grew up as the oldest of five. I always had to share the bedroom with my younger brother. The three girls the same. That meant there wasn’t much time or space just to be alone.
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You Write This Headline
I grew up around an angry man. You never knew when he would blow his top, so, everyone walked like on egg shells around him. Blowing his top may have been wrong, but when he was angry he would throw things, break things, God forbid if he was driving when he lost it.
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Routine Blahs
When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better. Nick Saban Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/routine-quotes When in treatment they stressed that you followed a daily regiment. Breakfast, meditation, shower, get dressed, and…
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Advocate, The Best Person For The Job
Have you ever listened to a child who is going through cancer treatment? I have and it breaks my heart. That child when he/she talks speaks as what an adult would say. Their knowledge about the cancer and treatment is deep. The disease demands for a child to grow up too fast.
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Flashback!
Life’s is funny, just when you think you have the rules down pat life decides to change them leaving you in a tailspin.
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My Pendulum
I have sat down at my laptop many times since my last post. Each time I start one I find myself hitting the delete button. When I write I want it to mean something, something worth saying!
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Old Habits
Have you ever had a pair of jeans that you just hate to put in the trash bin. I mean you have them broke in, comfortable, soft, and yes, almost down to nothing but white thread.
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Building A Village
A saying from Africa: “It takes a village to raise a child.” Before it was easy to migrate to areas from your home town most would marry someone from close by. I did not. My first wife was from Saskatchewan and I was raised around the city of Windsor, Ontario. I moved to the province…
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Too Critical!
**Please do not be angry with the following statement” If I was a believer in the Zodiac signs I would fall into line about the first trait listed. That is Virgos are ‘critical thinkers’. That is my one big hurdle, I tend to be very critical of myself. When my grandfather passed away I took up…
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Prison, Welcome To My Life
No, I am not in a prison with bars or stripes on my clothes. Somehow though I truly feel it wouldn’t be any worse. Every day is scheduled around my medications. They dictate my life from morning to sunset. I have a feeling I am not the only one who feels this way. So, it…
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Conflicted Still
I started this blog to approach many, so it seems, contradictions. Things I believed but yet did not manifest in my life.
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The Other Side Of Healthy
It was early part of the nineties where I found myself out of work living in a bachelor apartment where I just was totally burned out.
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Procrastination My Constant Companion
There is one thing I do best when I am depressed, procratinate. It’s not that I am lazy, it’s just that I have no energy. My energy is devoted to my depression.
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Adrenaline!
It’s been about a month since I have discovered a whole new world, the world of WordPress. I cannot believe how vast and deep it goes. A world that is able to share back and forth on personal trials, personal victories. So much rich knowledge to drill down on from a wide varying writers. I…
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Broken, But Usable
Today we live in a disposable world. If something breaks we throw it in the trash, do not repair because buying new is cheaper
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