A fellow blogger forwarded me an article published in April in the New York Times Magazine. The article was beautifully written by Linda Logan and details her 20 year journey living with bipolar. She does an excellent job of detailing the hell that it can be living with a mood disorder and the loss of […]
Category: depression
Bummed out Again at Weigh-In
Last Saturday past I lost exactly one pound. It might not sound like much but it broke a six week cycle of weight gains. I was happy to see my losing streak was over…that was until this most recent Saturday weigh in. I gained three pounds. It wasn’t surprising. I knew I was going to […]
Bring Change 2 Mind
I was aware that Glenn Close has a sister, and a nephew with mental illness and that Glenn is active in helping to erase the stigma of mental illness. What I did not know is that she is the founder of Bring Change 2 Mind which is a national anti-stigma campaign. (I’m sure many of […]
Ten Lies Your Depression Tells You
The following is from a Huffington Post article on Friday the 9th by Anne Theriault. Ten Lies Your Depression Tells You – Anne Theriault 1. You are a bad person who deserves bad things. 2. You are unhappy because you are lazy or lacking in willpower. Happiness is a choice, a choice that […]
The Sermon – The Video
I posted the written sermon on mental health that I did a couple of weeks ago, however, I’ve received some requests to see the video. I was writhing in pain when I watched it, so I hope it sits well with all of you. Unfortunately the beginning was cut off. Also, I want to apologize […]
What Kind of Week Was It?
Well, it’s the end of the week and I’ve had it in my head that it’s been a good week and was wondering what I could post about today. Then I realized something – I have totally ignored my food intake and my exercise this entire week. I don’t know what my weight is currently, […]
Nuthin’ Special
I went up again on Saturday’s official weigh in. I increased my weight to 225 pounds which is nearly a 2 pound gain. At one time I had lost net 90 pounds. But now I’m at a net 78 pounds lost. This is disheartening, because I worked so hard for those 90 pounds. I know going back […]
Clear Skies
The impending doom feeling that I had in my previous post has cleared. The world is still spinning, I can hear children outside playing. All is good from my perspective. It really was a horrible feeling and I’m glad it’s gone. In fact, my depression is much lower this week. I still feel that […]
Wednesday’s Quote : Rev. Peter Morales
“Believe it or not, depressed people spend enormous amounts of energy to cheer up. Events in their lives did not make them depressed. They were not depressed because their lives were hell — their lives were hell because they were depressed.” – Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Under My Skin
It’s back again…or did it ever leave? I’m talking about that mix of anxiety and depression that flows through my veins. A couple of months ago I mentioned it never goes away and, yep, it’s still here. It’s not in my veins, actually. It feels more like there’s a second layer of skin directly beneath […]