Too many prefer gentle lies to hard truths. Shane Parrish Mental health recovery is kicking my ass. Let me level with you guys. I feel like I’m letting you down. I feel like I’m letting me down. I feel like I’m giving up. For these last 6 months, I have had the time and the …
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 …
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 Path To Recovery: A Roundup Of Thoughts
“Recovery is scary but also is remaining exactly the same.” Unknown One of the reasons that I started The Winter Of My Discontent was to share my journey to recovery. I am well on my way, but still quite far from being in recovery. Just a few short months ago, I had a bad mental …
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 …
6 Important Things I Learned From My Mental Healthcare Story
“If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.” — Selena Gomez Hello, lovelies! Today I want to talk about mental healthcare. The mister and I have both tested positive for COVID-19. To keep my mind off the fact that the plague has entered my household, I decided to write. I’ve seen a …
My Path to Recovery: A Simple Look At How I Got Here
Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time. Billy Joel I started The Winter Of My Discontent at the very beginning of what I view as my path to recovery. It was when I finally put my foot down and said, “Enough is enough. I’m going to …
My Mental Health: Support Systems
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 …
My Mental Health: Burnout and ADHD
“Burnout is nature’s way of telling you, you’ve been going through the motions your soul has departed; you’re a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker.” Sam Keen Hello, lovelies! Have you ever been under a lot of stress at work and you suddenly realize that you’re exhausted, you can’t stand even the …