Tag: Depression
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Mental Health Wednesday: Diet
Depression can suck the energy out of me. Some days I literally cannot summon the raw will to go to the bathroom and swish some mouthwash. Just mouthwash. Brushing teeth? Flossing? When I’m struggling just to care about breathing? I should eat, but thinking about making something is tiring. Thinking about chewing is tiring. I…
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Mental Health Wednesday May 2025
Nothing here is medical advice. This is only a recounting of my own experiences. If you see something here that raises a question, ask your medical provider. I have a load of journals. I’ve tried so many and continue most of them. I’ve plans to try more different kinds. I’m not consistent, though. Consistent journaling…
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Mental Health April 2025
I’m thinking about throwing this in on the second Wednesday of each month. I write about it enough here, so perhaps I can contain it to one post a month instead of every other post if I dedicate a specific day to it. Depression is a personal struggle of mine, and has been since I…
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The Oubliette
“Oubliette” is a French term, derived from “to forget”, and is a bottle-dungeon, in medieval architecture terms. A tiny space accessible only through a roof hatch, it was, perhaps, the most unpleasant of dungeons. My brain has a kind of Oubliette. At first, they were just downward spirals–I’d touch bottom, maybe hang out a little…
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Writing with a TBI
It’s hard. That’s the nicest way to put it. A more accurate way is that: it’s exhausting–you don’t realize how much brain power you used before, but you are very aware of your limitations as you run head first into the wall of crushing fatigue as it slams into you out of nowhere it’s heartbreaking–I…
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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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