Depression
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I have signed up for a fundraiser walk with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The walk is on November 3rd and I will be joined by my pup… I set up a donation page with the website. Make a Donation!
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The Burden Shakespeare put it best when he said “…uneasy lies the head that wears a crown…” There is a heavy burden that goes along with being in charge or being in command. But the burden that ways a person down is life. Many songwriters, poets and philosophers have written about weight. The weight of
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I have a personality disorder that was recently diagnosed. I think that the disorder effects how I react to situations and act in relationships. I still think that things like my family of origin, divorce and past love relationships have effected me, but I do wonder how much comes from the personality disorder. I look
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Normal… everyone thinks that they have the definition to this word. They have a perceived definition and want to apply it to everyone else that is around them. The truth is what is normal? Merriam-Webster has some wonderful definitions (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/normal). Here’s just a few portions of the wonderful definitions : Adjective: 1a: conforming to a type,
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Sometimes lies are small and may be white, but it depends on who you lie to. Are you lying to yourself? Are you lying to the doctor that prescribed your mental illness? Are you lying to your loved ones? Fear makes us do crazy things. One thing in particular is it can make us lie.
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Anxiety the evil little demon on my back that I just cannot shake off. My mental and health issued make me feelike I am an unfit person. I feel like I don’t deserve to be in any relationship and that I am a burden to all those around me. It makes me want to become
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Sometimes I wonder if everything I say or do will ever be enough. I remember a song that sang about love “being enough to make it from me to you”. I can’t place the song, but I think it has effected my thoughts and feelings on a lot of things. When is anything ever enough?
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I do not have a very good self-image of myself. I think that I am fat, I think that my nose is too big, my skin is plagued with acne, my calves and thighs are huge, and that my feet are hideous. There are times that I think that everyone I know or love would
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I was diagnosed with Lupus on April 15th. I began a new medication to help with some of the symptoms and told to cut Gluten and Sugar from my diet. For years, I have suffered from pain and swelling in my legs. My feet, my ankles, my knees… I was told that I had a
My Journey with Depression and Anxiety 