Category: Depression
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Mole Hills, Mountains
When I was young sometimes we would go crying to our mother and her favorite statement when she believed we were making too much of a situation ‘your making a mountain out of a mole hill”. Ninety-nine percent of the time she was right. Sometimes even now I have to be careful not to…
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Movie Songs For Depression
I have always related to music, mostly Gospel, here are three songs that seem to help me when I am fighting depression, songs from the big screen. 1. For when you are feeling hopeless, from the movie Annie(circa 1982), “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” 2. For the times when you have been hurt, “Let…
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One Size Dosen’t Fit All
In my discovery of a whole new world, was all of the different authors writing about mental health issues. I also have written about my journey with my own mental health issues of being a bi-polar person. Writing about such issues as journaling, diet, medications, and stays within the mental health wing of the local…
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Been Thinking
Over the past two weeks has been a great experience for me. I am amazed how much easier it has been for me to talk about my mental health. It has opened a brand new world that I never considered that it existed, the world of WordPress.
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What’s In A Name?
I have been thinking about this post for several days. I hope I can put it in writing like I am hearing it in my mind. There are names that when they are mentioned you have a distinct definition of what they are. Cancer, Diabetes, Arthritis, Blindness, all these we at least have a general…
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Same Dull Routine
My life is pretty vanilla in that I don’t have much excitement each day. My day to day life is predictable.
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Educate Yourself
I can remember my first stay in treatment I would attend groups and it all sounded like Greek to me. I had no understanding whatsoever was being discussed. Terms like; ‘manic depression’, ‘bi-polar’, plus many others. I can remember after a discussion on being bi-polar I asked for the definition of manic depression only to…
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A Practical Gospel
I have always known that the Gospel has to be practical. People on the whole need help in all manner of things on what to do where the rubber meets the road. Lesson Learned These past several days have confirmed to me that people want preachers, pastors, teachers are like them. No, they want to…
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Road To Recovery
It now is twenty plus years since my journey began. Attempted suicide using the sleeping medication, “amitriptyline”. Extreme mood swings and a feeling like I was alone, that no one understood what I was going through.
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Keeping Concentration
During the worst times of my depression I could not seem to concentrate for very long times. Doctor appointments required having my best friend with me so that if I asked what my doctor said he could refresh my memory. There were times also that I thought I was showing the early signs of dementia.…
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My Many Faces Of Depression
It use to be before medications I never knew who I was going to be when I woke up in the morning. If I felt great I would get out of bed, if not turn over and go back to sleep. Medications changed all that.
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Triggers
Here is what I have learned about handling both of these mental challenges. There are what professionals call ‘triggers’. These triggers can cause relapse in our progress to a more stable health mentality.
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Something To Sleep On
While in treatment one of the most important issues discussed by professionals was the issue of getting a good nights rest. Sleep allows the body to regenerate from the day’s activities. Now how long is debatable, recommended amount is eight hours. My best friend needs only six hours, as for myself I need at least…
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Depression, Try This
I have learned many tools in the fight against depression, tools when used help to calm myself during a panic attack, or stopping myself from falling into the pits of despair. Then there is a spiritual tool that God told us that we can use.
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Every Day Is A Battle
I have found that to keep from sinking back into the dark abyss called depression I have to do maintenance every day.
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Why I Write
I started this blog as an attempt to express emotions that I was dealing with. It started to lean towards sharing my findings of Bible studies. It has been cathartic for me. Writing however, does not come easy for me. I have been learning over time from writing posts/articles on this blog. Learning has been an…
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Depression + Opiods=Downward Spiral
That was the beginning of a thirty year plus battle with opioids. It started with minor pain relievers eventually in around 2004 I was taking the highest dose of oxy allowed here in the province I live in. On top of that I was given fentanyl patch. Now let me say I cannot recall if I…
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It Is The Mind & It Matters
These mental health issues are treatable. I take prescriptions and they have done a world of good for me. Gone are the extreme mood swings, days of not talking to anyone, to feeling like a could conquer the world. Those around me never knew which I would be.
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