People don’t always need advice. Sometimes all they really need is a hand to hold, an ear to listen, and a heart to understand them.” Unknown Hello all! Welcome back to the My Mental Health series on The Winter Of My Discontent! My last post was a sequel post to My Mental Health: ADHD. In …
Grief and Numbness
“Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature’s way of letting in only as much as we can handle.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross A funeral Last Tuesday, I left for Indiana to attend my Mamaw’s funeral. In the days following her death, I was feeling waves of …
The Waves of Grief
“Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.” — Alphonse de Lamartine Grief. It has me. I’ve decided to cancel all scheduled posts for this week. I’ll be traveling out of state to say goodbye to my mamaw and the grieving process seems to be impeding my ability to concentrate on anything …
Sweet Jeraldine.
A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” — Erma Bombeck My grandma died today. I had big plans to do a sequel post to my original ADHD post. But then my sweet Mamaw left. She loved that I was a writer. In her younger days, she was a writer. I reminded …
My Mental Health: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
“The intrusive thought. The needling lack of logic. The obsession. The anxiety. They do not yield, but you can get better at ignoring it.” Hayden Carroll Hello, Readers! Welcome to my blog series, The My Mental Health Series. My hope with the series is to educate, advocate, and to let people know that they are …
30 Days: 150 Intriguing journaling prompts
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. William Wordsworth Hello lovelies! I want to piggy back off last Sunday’s post, Journaling: 5 ways to use that empty notebook. As I’ve said before, journaling has always been a huge part of my life. That said, I’ve never made journaling into a daily habit. I …
30-Day Journaling Challenge: 150 awesome journaling prompts
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. William Wordsworth Hello lovelies! I want to piggy back off last Sunday’s post, Journaling: 5 ways to use that empty notebook. As I’ve said before, journaling has always been a huge part of my life. That said, I’ve never made journaling into a daily habit. I …
Regrets: Are they healthy?
We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow. Fulton Oursler So many regrets, so few ways to travel back in time and fix them. That’s right; I want to talk to you about regret. Regret is defined as feeling sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened or been …
Imposter Syndrome and other bad days
I’m having a depress… Me Today I want to talk about Imposter Syndrome and very bad days. First, Imposter Syndrome is defined as a psychological pattern when one doubts their abilities, talents, skills, and accomplishments and has an internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud. I’m here to say it, my friends…I feel like …
My Mental Health: Anxiety Disorder
I have horrible anxiety. Lil Peep Hello, Readers! Welcome to my first ever blog series, The My Mental Health Series. My hope over the next five weeks is to educate, advocate, and to let people know that they are not alone. For 38 years, I did not know or understand myself because I didn’t have …