Category: Depression

  • 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…

  • 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…