Category: My Mental Health Series
Relapse: My Mental Health
Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again. Steven Adler Hello, my lovelies! Thank you for being here because I have a super important, super exciting announcement to make. I am nominated for Blogger Of The Year at the MH Blog Awards this year! But there is a catch, I […]
MMH: 9 Covert Mental Compulsions
It’s like looking through a magnifying glass that only picks up on the potentially dangerous, harmful, and scary. unknown Hello, my lovelies! Thank you for being here because I have a super important, super exciting announcement to make. I am nominated for Blogger Of The Year at the MH Blog Awards this year! But there […]
My Mental Health: Masks
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. oscar wilde Have you ever worn masks to cover up what was happening inside your brain? From the outside looking in, I have a pretty normal life. I have a good job, a […]
My Mental Health: ADHD Extended
“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.” E.E. Cummings When I wrote My Mental Health: ADHD, I intended to give a well-rounded view of how ADHD affects the people […]
My Mental Health: ADHD
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. G.K. Chesterton 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 in […]
My Mental Health: Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
“Post traumatic stress injury isn’t a disease. It’s a wound to the soul that never heals.” Tom Glenn 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 not alone. For 38 years, I did not […]
My Mental Health: Persistent Depressive Disorder
That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key. Elizabeth Wurtzel Hello, Readers! Welcome to my first […]
My Mental Health: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection. Billy Joel I’ve been avoiding the post about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. I knew the first time I ever heard the words that it was going to hit home with me. I’ve always been a sensitive person. […]
My Mental Health: Mental Health Recovery
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.“ Ralph Waldo Emerson I’ve been thinking a lot about mental health recovery and what it means for me. There are people out in the world who are of the mind that mental health recovery doesn’t exist. I […]
My Mental Health: Executive Dysfunction
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi Executive Dysfunction has been rocking my life lately. I haven’t been able to plan and execute much of anything, let alone my writing schedule. My brain bounces from one idea to the next, one topic to […]
