Tag: crazynuts
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Mental Health Wednesday August
Anxiety commonly goes hand in hand with depression. When you are depressed, you are always angry, even when you’re having a good day, there’s always a current of frustrated rage riding below the surface. That smile, those jokes, the goofiness–it’s a mask. It isn’t all acting, but a goodly portion of it is.People seem to…
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Breathe
It is important, during times of stress, to pause, and just fucking breathe. I have to remind myself of that, a lot. Truth be told, I tend to remind myself of it AFTER I’ve made a mistake in the “oh, shit” moment, but I suppose it’s important that I at least remembered to breathe at…
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F#@k it.
I’m really questioning whether more research is the right direction for me, or if I should just throw my least favorite children into the real world and take notes. Except my “children” are manuscripts. Much like a psychopath “doctor” would with his test subjects. I don’t like doing that. I like having a plan. I…
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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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Hyperventilating . . . Again
I am taking the next step on my big girl author journey. I’m . . . Huuuhuhuuuuhhu . . . Huuhuhhuhuhhhhuuuuuh *deep breath, in the nose, out the mouth…* I’veregisteredSquarePegBooksasabusiness. *ears ringing* This should not be so traumatic as I’m making it out to be, but for some reason it absolutely is a crisis for…
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Existential Ennui
There’s a lot out there regarding liminal spaces. That weird state of in-between that is real but feels like it might not be. Playgrounds at night. The interior of houses under construction. Ghost towns. That 15-30 minutes right before the sun rises above the horizon. Those hugely long tunnels guiding traffic under mountains and water…
