SquarePeg Books

Category: Depression

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Oubliette

    Oubliette – French; derived from oublier, meaning to forget; Oubliette refers to a medieval dungeon with an opening only as a small trapdoor in the ceiling. If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you know I deal with treatment resistant depression. I’m approaching 30 years on meds. There are…

  • Fatigue

    It’s interesting how much fatigue can mess with you. There are different kinds of fatigue. What I hate about fatigue is the mysteriousness of it when it hits me. I go through the checklist– diet, water, mental health, exercise, supplements, medical conditions, emotional family issues, big life events, more medical…