Category: Depression
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IWSG November 2024
November 6 question – What creative activity do you engage in when you’re not writing? Ummmmmm . . . .that would be everything except writing. Sewing, spinning, crochet, getting into some knitting, weaving, occasionally a junk jewelry moment, dabbling in video (not very well, but that’s kinda the point). . . The list is extensive.nstead…
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Brain Not Braining
Why is everything so hard!?!?!?!? I’ll be the first one to say that my subconscious brain will turn every single mouse-turd task that’s out of the ordinary chores list into a free-climb up K2 with no equipment, but now I’m getting pissed about it. And getting pissed about it doesn’t make it any easier to…
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Co-Morbidities Suck
How many layers does this onion have? Damn. 2 years ago, the total body pain and physical fatigue had gotten to a quality-of-life point. For 20 years, I’d dealt with increasing joint pain throughout my whole body. I was at a point where I was in bed 16 hours a day, just to function for…
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The Bucket List
I started a bucket list about ten years ago. A cherished friend of mine passed suddenly, and it messed me up a bit. No one expected his death. Maybe he did, but everyone else I knew was surprised by it. A day after I got the news, I realized I had a crap-ton of unfinished…
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Learning Self-Care
I’m a mom and a chauffeur and a PA and a groundskeeper and… Yeah, you know the whine. This whole “set and maintain boundaries” thing is hard to do. Setting a schedule is probably what I need to do, like: pick up and put away 5 things a day, vacuum a room, walk the dogs,…
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Talking to Myself
As you read this, know that I am bombed out of my gourd, right now. Surgery recovery has some.serious.painkillers with side-effects I’m not thrilled about. I’m not sure this post will make sense, but here we are. I talk to.myself. A lot. When people walk in on me while my discussion with my invisible friends…
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