Today’s Throwback is from November 3, 2014 “I don’t want to be thought of as a survivor because you have to continue getting involved in difficult situations to show off that particular gift, and I’m not interested in doing that anymore.” – Carrie Fisher Something I learned over ten years ago is that getting sober […]
Author: Brad
Facebook Junkie
Genesis Sunday, May 11 2008 at 10:47 p.m. is the exact date and time that I first logged in to Facebook and created an account. I didn’t have much interest in Facebook and I thought Twitter was ludicrous. I have no idea why I chose to join both of them. Let’s just leave it that […]
Weekly Wrap-Up October 17, 2016
Mood Last week’s depression subsided, but was followed with a week full of anxiety. At least twice I almost went to full blown meltdown. I staved off the anxiety attacks by centering and breathing. Not easy to do when your mind is racing, heart is racing and your body is shaking violently. I hated the […]
When a Loved One Doesn’t Understand Mental Illness – Fallback
This Fallback Friday was originally posted on August 1, 2014 When a Loved One Doesn’t Understand Mental Illness The other day I posted an article suggesting ways you can tell your family and friends that you have a mental illness. What do you do, however, if they don’t understand? I’ve been in enough support groups […]
A Love Story – Throwback
Today’s Throwback was originally posted March 4, 2013. I’d forgotten how sappy it was. Also, due to an “update” yesterday, my WordPress Reader is not working again. (sigh) About a decade ago I was in a relationship that ended badly – very badly. I mean World War III badly. It just didn’t end well at […]
Mental Health and Independence
I’ve dealt with mania and depression my entire life, but never to the degree that it was 12ish or so years ago before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The several years after diagnosis was even worse as we tried to find the right med cocktail that would work for me. The seizures, anxiety attacks, […]
Weekly Wrap-Up October 10, 2016
Mood I’ve been so depressed it’s depressing. It hit on Monday and pretty much stayed with me throughout the week. It’s the worst I’ve had in a while. Monday’s are always difficult even if I’m not depressed. Maurice and I talked and he suggests I need to stop working on Mondays. No writing, no dusting, […]
Vincent Van Gogh – In His Own Words
For those of you who use the WordPress Reader, please let me know if you saw this post in your reader, or if you only saw it via email. I’ve been having technical problems. Thank you! *********************************************** As you may know, I have a passion for Van Gogh. I’ve posted this video a couple times […]
Celebrity Quotes On Mental Illness – Throwback Wednesday
******* I’m doing this throwback a day early to test to see if my notifications are working. Please let me kow if you saw this post in your WordPress Reader, via email, or both. Thank you!! ******* Today’s Throwback is from Sep 2, 2014. If there’s one thing we learned from the death of Robin […]
9 Bad Videos and 1 Good one
***Important*** Many of you know my posts have not been showing up in the WordPress Reader. I installed the “fix” last night. Please let me know in the comments section if I did show up there today. Thank you! ****** Yesterday I was in a space. I wasn’t in a bad space. I wasn’t in […]