Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: Mental Health

  • I’m Done

    I intentionally waited until this late in the day to write this post. I knew what I wanted it to be about. I knew yesterday. But at the same time, I wanted to be sure today turned out the way I intended. Tonight I had a therapy appointment. The appointment before this one was two… →

  • Gratitude into the Future

    Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday September is National Suicide Prevention Month. I’ve written extensively about my mental health. There’s so much that people don’t understand about people with mental health issues and I’ve made it my personal mission to share my story and experience so that more people will know what it’s like for people… →

  • Writing a Resolution

    Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday There’s two things that come to mind today about mental health. Yesterday, we had our weekly team meeting at work. We have a mental health counselor on staff and when it was her turn to give updates on her department, she shared with us that there’s a form of grief… →

  • I Am Who I Am

    Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday This question made me squint and furrow my eyebrows. This question makes no sense when you consider the obvious, we are who we are because of our experiences. I consider that to be well, obvious. What shapes us is our experience. As kids, our initial opinions and thoughts about certain… →

  • Life-saving Doctor

    Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Yesterday, in my post You did good, kid!, I reflected on an essay I wrote about an appointment I had with my former psychiatrist, Dr. Simpson back in 2002. In my essay I mentioned in multiple places how much trust I had in him and how willing I was to… →

  • You did good, kid!

    5Ws Wednesday Why did we trust him? Remember my post about how writing is hard and I’m not as good at it as I thought? (Good and easy…except it’s not.) Well, as I explained in that post (or I think I did), I did not give up on my writing class even though I was… →

  • Only Temporary

    Flashback Friday Despite the fact that it’s summer–officially–and despite the fact that here in North Carolina, we have already had several days this season where the temperature has been so high that the heat index has gone over 100, I am still wearing long sleeves to work. Yesterday, the shirt I wore caused me to… →

  • Boundaries, Perimenopause, and a Fur Scarf

    I’m glad this prompt today narrows growth to this year because I have written at great length about how I’ve grown over the past two years. The six months of this year have still seen growth in me. I’m not done yet. I am, however, growing in ways that are different from how I initially… →

  • Heal Sooner

    There are so many things I want to tell my younger self. SO many! Especially my teenage self. Of course, I don’t think teenage me would listen or heed any advice that I gave. That’s just the nature of teenagers. But at 20 years old specifically, I had just become mentally stable. I was on… →

  • “Heal the World, Make it a Better Place”

    Given that I try to keep politics out of my posts, this question is hard to answer. I believe with my whole heart that there is a lot of horrible things happening in the world right now with a lot of it happening in the United States. I don’t think what’s happening in our country… →