Tag: mental illness
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Dutch Lock Down Day Twenty One
“I’m super tired so I’m keeping this one short and simple, Warriors.”
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Dutch Lock Down Day Twenty
“Either I’m adjusting to the new normalcy OR I have lost my mind.”
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Dutch Lock Down Day Eighteen
“The silver linings are utterly precious and when we come across one, we stare at it, making it bigger than perhaps it is, because We Have To ™.”
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Dutch Lock Down Day Seventeen
At least I don’t have to think of a new title every day #AMIRITE
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Dutch Lock Down Day Sixteen
“There are little signs here and there that I’m cracking up. I started drinking coca-cola instead of sprite. I’m eating candy bars like they’re, well, candy. And when I wake up in the night, I can’t easily go back to sleep.”
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Dutch Lock Down Day Fifteen
“Two WEEKS, Warriors. Is it starting to feel ‘normal’ for you? I think it might be for me? Maybe?”
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Dutch Lock Down Day Fourteen
“But also I’m not as depressed today as I was a few days ago when I wrote those dark thoughts. I continue to get better and stabilize. Sure, it’ll get worse, too, but for now I’m enjoying the upswing and figuring out how to minimize the next dip.”
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Dutch Lock Down Day Twelve
“So, yeah, today SUCKED, but now that the funeral is over and that stressor is passed and, yeah, I totally took my temperature and it’s 36.5.”
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And Then I Got Sick
In my very last post, A Vacation From My Vacation, I was going to do All The Things ™ and whatnot, but then I got #ForRealsies Really Real Sick. Sometimes “tomorrow” unexpectedly punches you in the throat meat. Here’s what I did instead of all the things. Called the therapist. Talked to the therapist. Worked…
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Navigating the Rush Hour
Back in the States, ‘rush hour’ refers to one of my favourite Jackie Chan movies as well as the hell that is a morning and evening commute to and from work made only slightly less miserable by the sweet soothing sounds of NPR while here in the Netherlands, rush hour TRAFFIC is so lame that…
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Who Publishes On Wednesdays, I Mean Come On
Ideally this posts are written in batches and then scheduled to be published at future dates and times but I’m SO NOT THERE YET. Also? Don’t try to write while also letting the television play if you’re Rain Leander cause you’ll be CONSTANTLY DISTRACTED. I mean, some people can do it? But not I. Focus,…
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Fighting Acedia: Developing Mental Resilience
TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. In the midst of recovery, I bought entirely too many books for self help, distraction, and work. And along the way, I read a lot of Medium and ThoughtCatalog and in…