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You Did Good
Screenshot Saturday This was saved on August 14, 2021. Apparently I saved a lot of quotes like this in 2021. Ones about growth and change and not being like I used to be. But why?! In 2021, the second wave of hell had not yet arrived in my life. The first wave was when I… →
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People Change, Get Over It
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday I have changed over the past two years. I have written about it extensively on this blog. People change. Not always for the better, but in my case, it was a very good thing. Yesterday, a friend of mine who still works at the place I left two years ago… →
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Tools to Help
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Whenever I am in a position to give advice about getting help for mental illness, I immediately think back to two resources that helped me tremendously. The first is this book, Cutting by Steven Levenkron I randomly came across this book when Josh and I were browsing Waldenbooks at the… →
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What is he doing now?
5Ws Wednesday In the past, when I have posted on social media about my experience with mental illness, I sometimes get asked how I got through it. What did I do that helped me heal? My first answer is always that I had a psychiatrist who changed my life. I may have written about Dr.… →
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Work Was the Cure
Talk About it Tuesday So apparently the mystery of why I have felt so off and not myself lately has been solved. Over the weekend, I had repeated episodes where I felt like crying for no reason. Where I didn’t feel like doing anything. I actually did cry a little when explaining this to Josh.… →
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The Littlest Step
“Something Good” Sunday It’s difficult today to look back and find something good from this week. I’ve had some crazy fatigue this week and an all-around feeling of unmotivation. There are things that I want to do and yet, I haven’t even thought about doing them. I have a project where I want to reorganize… →
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An Easter Meal Prepared by All
“Something Good” Sunday While I wasn’t initially all that excited about going to my sister-in-law’s house yesterday to celebrate Easter, it turns out that my “something good” this week is from the dinner we shared. Josh and I were originally supposed to host Easter at our house, but we just have too much work still… →
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Refreshed and Eager
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday I’ve said this before and it’s worth repeating…tired is an emotion. I don’t know what had me down and out the past two days. I was tired and yesterday I took a nap in the afternoon and still felt kind of out of it when Josh got home from work.… →
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Survivors, Not Superheroes
Screenshot Saturday I captured this screenshot on June 26, 2021. Before my adult trauma started. Before my CPTSD diagnosis. I still had plenty of unhealed childhood trauma and I suspect that’s why I saved this. I recognized the effect that trauma had on me long before I sought the help of a therapist to heal… →