Yesterday I shared this post written by an anonymous person about what it’s like to live with depression. The post likens living with depression to living where it snows every day. It’s the best analogy I’ve ever read. At the conclusion of the post, the author says: I don’t have a message for people with […]
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I’m Ready To Start Shoveling Again
I have been on a downward spiral for the past couple days, and things came to a head last night. I cried myself to sleep and even though I haven’t had a drop of alcohol in almost a year, I woke up this morning feeling incredibly hungover. I had stabbing pain behind both if my […]
Out Of The Fog
The day before yesterday, I shared on Facebook that I’m struggling with a bout of depression. It’s largely situational, and I know what has brought it on. Marital and financial struggles continue to challenge me, and so I’ve kind of been riding the depression fence. It wasn’t going to take much to cause me to […]
A Wake Up Call (All Puns Intended)
I had an a-ha moment yesterday. Why I need to be slammed over the head with these things repeatedly before I get them, I don’t know. But that’s how it seems to work for me. I have a history of depression. Fifteen or so years ago, I was hospitalized (for the first time) and consequently […]
Are You Ready?
Okay Moms. It’s that time again! Summer is over. Labor Day is behind us. No matter what part of the country you live in, your kids are back in school. It’s time for you to start taking better care of yourself. It’s time for me to do my best to motivate you to lead a […]
You’re Allowed To Take A Break
For me, the first day of school usually brings along with it the (self-imposed) expectation that I need to both make and check everything off a mile-long to-do list. Like every thing I couldn’t get to over the course of the summer needs to be completed by the time the kids get off the bus. […]