My Mental Illness And Why I Write About It

My mental illness and why I write about it

          I’ve been writing about my mental illness since 2009. Why do I do it? Why do I write about my mental illness when most people do not like to discuss it and prefer to keep it private? Why do I keep coming back, post after post, willing to share the […]

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Because Those Who Matter Don’t Mind

Everyone Has a Story, and Those Who Matter Don't Mind

              The title of this post comes from the infamous words above from Dr. Suess who said that those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.  I try to remember these words every time I sit down to write a post, and I have to confront […]

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Small Victories Are Still Victories

Woman doing the peace sign as a symbol of her victory.

They say small victories are still victories. I hope that’s true. I’ll have to take other’s words for it because I haven’t been feeling very victorious lately, especially with my depression kicking my butt. Life has been hard, but I recently had a day of small victories that I can put in my back pocket […]

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Funny Week-In-Review Using Gifs For Sunday, May 31st

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Laughter is the only way to get us through all seven days of the week plus this pandemic! Every day of ours is filled with nonsense and shenanigans, and we love to let you in on them, so welcome to the weekly review of our antics beginning the week of May 25, 2020. Let the […]

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Days Like Today Just Hurt

Image describes the feelings of depression

                Days like today just hurt because I don’t know what to do with myself. No activity I try on fits. Nothing seems right. I am paralyzed in depression. It’s past noon, and I’m still in my pajamas. Whatever. I started a new journal today. It took exactly eight […]

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