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  • September 2025 Mental Health Wednesday

    The last few months have been rough for me, though I don’t know exactly why. I’ve been excessively fatigued, exceptionally spacey. I’ve gone through the usual suspects: diet, supplements, meds, menopause, recovering TBI, a basic downward spiral, even the beginnings of a cold (that irritating beginning, where you wonder if you’re getting sick, but your…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Changing Habits

    My husband has noted that “you’re at your best when your hair’s on fire.” I don’t want to be that person, but I can’t deny that he’s got a point–when I’m forced to work at breakneck speed because of an externally imposed deadline, most of the time I not only get things done, but pull…

  • You Are Building Yourself From Scratch, With No Instructions

    Sometimes I piddle around on a horoscope site. Not because I firmly believe my fate is aligned with Jupiter and which house it’s currently in, but because sometimes the opening line makes me stop and think for a moment. This one caught me a few weeks ago, because it feels like I’ve been trying to…