Invalid reasons that I put things I want to do on hold: What are you waiting for? For my meds to stabilize To hear back about the We Need Diverse Books mentorship application To hear back about the Futurescapes application * To hear back from job applications To feel like…
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It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts. Hell, it’s been a while (6 months) since I made any post. I’ve felt pretty good and balanced, just with no desire to create – my writing has fallen by the wayside, as has blogging and other creative ventures. I’ve…
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I am very candid about my mental health. In part because it is only when people are willing to discuss it that we, as a culture, can work towards removing the stigma surrounding it. In part because it helps me in my own struggles if I open up about them;…
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Sunday the calendar switches from October to November, and with it comes the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNo WriMo). The goal is 50,000 words in 30 days – or an average of 1,667 words a day. For some this seems like a Herculean feat, particularly in a short…
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I feel off balance, like I need to recenter. And it’s not that I don’t have the tools to do it, but that I am resisting employing them. And I am not satisfied with where I am, but I am comfortable with this particular dissatisfaction, because it is what is…
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This one is cunning, because the lie here puts a spin on something that I actually believe. Something that I have read about, and put a bit of faith in due to personal experience. This lie is cunning because it twists the idea of being kind to oneself, of taking…
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“You’re better, the anti-depressant is working. This funk you are in is only because of the weather.” So, it is overcast again today – has been for most days this past week. Most days this past week I have also felt down, and more like I’m sliding back to…
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Back in August I wrote about Values and Depression, and how I was having problems with an exercise in one of my training classes, wherein I was supposed to look at a list of values, and pick the 5 values that I felt made up my core values. Well, I…
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One thing I hate about my depression: it breaks my empathy. This is hard for me because I care about the people in my life, and what is going on with them. I care to the point where I had to make a conscious effort a few years ago to…
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i’ve noticed something in myself the past several days i am finding it difficult to keep eye contact with (or even looking at the face of) the people i am talking to i’ve noticed i’m doing it not only with the in-person interactions i have engaged in, but also in…