Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: Mental Health

  • Check On Your Strong Friends

    What’s something most people don’t understand? As someone who tries to be as open as possible about my struggles with mental health issues, I feel that there is a lot that people don’t understand about people with mental illness. Helping to end the stigma around it is a big goal of mine. My objective right… →

  • 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… →

  • 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… →

  • Independence Day

    And talk about it I am. It’s getting close to March 28th. On that date one year ago, I was on the receiving end of a phone call that honestly changed my life. I only remember the specific date because it was on Holy Thursday. The day that my school got out for Easter break.… →

  • I’ve Got a Feeling

    Negative feelings have been a dime a dozen with me lately. I’ve written frequently about my experiences over this past year after leaving my job of 19 years. In fact, it’s coming up on the one-year anniversary of the phone call that changed everything. I fully intend on writing about it. To discuss what strategies… →

  • 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… →

  • A Busy Morning and a Lesson Learned

    What is the last thing you learned? That people will help you if you ask. Literally just learned that a few hours ago at work. I have been drowning this week. Busy days at work, combined with monthly hormones made every task on my work to-do list extra stressful. I didn’t ask for help from… →

  • Why?

    What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. I don’t like to be asked “why?” My anxiety is back today. “Why?” Today was a rough day. “Why?” I don’t want to talk about it. “Why not?” Sometimes I don’t know why my anxiety is kicking up. And I usually don’t feel like analyzing… →

  • Aging

    I was thinking a lot about my age today. It started after I consoled the cashier in the checkout line I was in at Walmart. While I was in line, I noticed a young girl in front of me who was smiling and doing one of those flirty poses. You know, standing on one foot… →

  • Just Let Me Write!

    You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? The last time we had this prompt, didn’t it ask for the title? I had a good title then, but as far as an opening sentence, I don’t have one. I am indeed writing a book that tells my story. When I started writing it, I didn’t… →