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  • Mental Health Wednesday December 2025

    This has been a rough year for me. And my family, too, but this blog is about me, so let’s just focus on that. There have been a number of doctor appointments, a couple-three work problems, a layoff, a few other disappointments and scares. All of which ticked my anxiety a little higher, with each…

  • Wednesday Word November 2025: Snerdle

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. SNERDLE From the 18th century, meaning to wrap up beneath the covers to hold off the day a little longer. Yes. This is perfectly normal behavior. It is not at all a sign…

  • Mental Health Wednesday November 2025 (2)

    It wasn’t that long ago that I could speed read a book and catch even the smallest details. Now, I have to slowly read a paragraph, several times, often whispering the words so I also hear what I’m reading, to grasp the message and details. It’s a struggle to read a whole paragraph sometimes. My…

  • Mental Health Wednesday November 2025

    *This accidentally went out on October 30. Doh! Sometimes things in the head just break. I get too stressed out, and *snap*. Malfunction. The first time was a surprise. For the decades that I have persistently dealt with depression, I’d always considered it moderate with occasional bad spikes. I thought I held it together pretty…

  • Mental Health Wednesday October 2025

    I’m going to try and start dating these things in the title. I should’ve a while back, but, you know. Effort. Anyhooo… September was stressful. More than it had any right to be, thank you very much. So much so it brought up fun other potential side effects of mental illness. Physical Manifestation. No, this…

  • 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…