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F*** the Stigma
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Every week on my social media accounts, I post something about how I know the stigma around mental health issues is bs. I always start the post saying it’s bs and I end by saying “f*** the stigma”. And I truly mean that. So far I’ve posted videos about how… →
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Wednesday, May 14, 1997
What I’m doing and why I’m doing it–Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey Well, Jim didn’t come with news of Shannon, so I’m somewhat relieved. I really love him. Speaking of Robert (ha, ha). I actually had a conversation with him. During activity period today, he sat at my lab table. I was so… →
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Sunday, October 20, 1996
What I’m doing and why I’m doing it–Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey I had gotten a little behind on transcribing my journals into text, hence the delay in getting volume 2 started here. With this journal I had started putting the day of the week that I was writing. For some reason it… →
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Starter Pack
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Writing a letter to my 100-year-old self is a pretty neat idea. As I have been reading all of my journals, I have noticed that it’s like my younger self is talking to me across time. Although, when I wrote in those journals, I didn’t know who would… →
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January 7, 1996
What I’m doing and why I’m doing it–Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey Well, I found out we have no school on Monday. Alright! Best friend #1 got home today. She was staying at one of her friends houses. So, I told her the whole thing about boyfriend #2 and what he said. She… →
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January 2, 1996
What I’m doing and why I’m doing it—Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey Well, tomorrow I go back to school. It’s going to be different not having boyfriend #1 come behind me at break and poke my sides like he always used to do. Boyfriend #2 is giving me a Guess! Watch and a… →
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Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey
From the time I was 13 years old, I have written in a journal. I have frequently written here about my experience going back and reading all of my journals. And by “all” I mean all 38 of them. I wrote about everything that was important to me and I wrote without leaving out details.… →
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Journaling Through Mental Illness
My quest to re-read all of my journals from start to finish continues. I am in the middle of reading #18 out of 38. This particular journal is one of the most compelling. It’s the one that needs to see the light of day the most. It covers the period of time when my mental… →
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Daily Prompt Response—Work in Progress
What have you been working on? I’m a crafter, so I could answer this question by discussing the various knitting and crochet projects that I have been working on lately. But they’re not exciting me right now. In fact, I haven’t really worked on them much lately. I could say that I have been working… →