Image credit: Thomas Bormans on Unsplash Welcome to Mental Health Moment (MHM) #13! MHMs are short posts that I write every once in a while as a break from my usual 1500- to 1800-word posts, for your convenience. đ This one is a list of simple and effective ways of feeling productive, even on the days when you donât think you can do anything. LIFE IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE As one of my therapists told me several years…
Image credit: Gaelle Marcel for Unsplash **TW: SUICIDE** This post talks about suicide. Please do not continue if you think it might be a trigger for you. There are resources listed at the end of this post. Hello, fellow Warrior! Well, itâs taken me more than three years to do it, but Iâm finally writing my 100th post! đ That means a lot to me, because my moods tend to dictate what Iâm willing/able to do â and I…
Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash As you may know, I started a data entry job a couple of weeks ago. Then we found out that my wifeâs brother has terminal cancer. Then I got really sick for several days, and Iâve been in a lot of physical pain because of a nerve problem in my lower-lower back. Isnât it funny how fast things can change? THIS IS NOT WHERE I THOUGHT IâD BE RIGHT NOW Due to the regular stress and…
Iâll be the first to admit that I donât always know what Iâm feeling. And, as well-versed as I am with depression in general and my own experiences with it in particular, it can still sometimes sneak up on me. Well, it did. ITâS BAA-AAACK I noticed it four days ago, after my experience at the hospital. The day after, I felt okay for a while, but then I started feeling depressed. It wasnât terrible, it wasnât the most depressed…
Several years ago, I went through about five years of fatigue that, it turned out, had no medical cause. I finally decided it was all about the stress. I made some changes, felt better, and life went on. Well, here I am again. For the last month or so, I have felt that same almost-debilitating level of fatigue, and again I attribute it to stress. WHATâS GOING ON WITH ME? Oh, all kinds of things! Chief among them? I am…
**In honor of my 52nd post, I thought I would change things up a bit. I had intended this to be a funny-in-an-ironic-sort-of-way post, but I guess Iâm not in that kind of mood today. Regardless, I hope you enjoy it. Maybe you can relate?** You Know Youâre Depressed When⌠There are literally billions of web pages and you arenât interested in any of them. Every little thing gets on your last nerve. Sleep comes when (and if) it…
I hate depression. I hate that I can be having a good day, or even a good week, and then *BAM* – I run into a wall. My wife told me a few days ago that when Iâm depressed, Iâm âpredictably unpredictable.â Thatâs the same thing I say about my depression. AND THEN, SUDDENLY⌠I was just listening to a song by Halsey called Alone. I donât know the words, I just like the music. But thatâs how I feel…
***I wrote most of this post on Wednesday and finished it early Thursday. It is now after midnight on Friday/Saturday and IÂ finally have enough mental (and physical) energy to post it. That’s how depression works.*** My heart hurts. As I sit here on the couch on a dreary Wednesday morning, attempting (unsuccessfully) to keep our two-year-old cat, Zander (aka Little One), off of my wifeâs keyboard, I can feel the very specific sensation in my chest that signals intense…
