Greetings and salutations, blog readers! I haven’t been posting much, I have been trying to take care of other needs, namely my mental health, which brings me to today’s blog post topic. Last night, I had the first good night sleep I have had in ages. Usually I have either terrible, often violent, fucked up …
Greetings and Salutations, Blog Readers! Today I am low on energy, I slept well but woke up tired, and I am trying to push ahead anyways. The end of the year is coming, and I have several goals for the new year, and some new methods and systems I am working on having for myself, …
Continue reading Daily Blog #355: Selfcare is doing what you need to do, to do what you need to do.
It’s hard for it to NOT be hard. As in, days that go really well, can kind of freak you out. Realizing you have managed to ride a depressive episode and not actually do anything stupid, or struggle as much as usual? Can give you an anxiety attack. You can get anxiety over not having …
Greetings and Salutations, blog readers! Me, wearing my loops during the work day. They work great for reducing all the ambient noise that slowly drives me nuts. Today we are talking about and reviewing the Loop “Quiet” earbuds, designed for reducing sound without eliminating it. For the record, these little earbuds were designed for, and …
Greetings and Salutations, Blog Readers Today, we are talking about something I have been working on, a little on my own, a little in therapy! And something that, as it turns out, quite a few of you could also stand to hear about, based on conversations with some of you about your lives and journeys. …
Greetings and Salutations, my dearest Blog Readers! Today we are talking about one of the most powerful tools in my positive mental health arsenal: An Attitude of Gratitude This is something most people who suffer from Anxiety and Depression are told by doctors, counselors, friends, etc: An Attitude of Gratitude will help you. I never …
Greetings and Salutations, Blog Readers! Today we are talking about things you can do to help fight depression, and the depression spells, when you feel them coming on. Often, as we get better at navigating our mental unwellness, we end up slowly learning how to recognize these "spells". In my case, I can often feel …
Greetings and Salutations, Blog Reader, Today we are talking about…why I am willingly going to be a hermit for at least a month, but likely the foreseeable future. This is a choice I have been thinking about, and, when finally, I was given some time alone with my thoughts in a stressful situation, I realized …
Continue reading Daily Blog #325- Why I am going into Hermit Mode for the next month or more.
Greetings and Salutations, my dearest Blog Readers! Today, I am desperately trying to get back into the swing of things, while also trying out some new habits and schedules. So, to begin with, it can not be understated how bad the depression has hit since I got back to Houston from Atlanta. At first, it …
Greetings and Salutations, Blog Readers! (Happy Blog Post 300! In honor of that...I get VERY open and honest with you all, setting the tone for the new energy we are bringing to the blog, which I know I have talked about. Why not Daily Blog #300 to start it out? Enjoy!) Today we are talking …
Continue reading Daily Blog #300- Getting real on the blog and cutting off toxicity.
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