It’s been months since I’ve written in this blog. I was using the excuse that I had nothing to write, or that I didn’t have the time. I know though, that the only real barrier was and always will be myself and my ego. My fear of being judged, or somehow letting someone down isContinue reading “The fork in the road : switching psychotropic meds after 20 years”
Category Archives: mental health
The Slow Return to “Normal”
The birds are chirping outside and it’s a beautiful Saturday morning. The trees outside my window are sporting new buds and the grass is growing at an alarmingly fast rate. We made it to Spring. Spring is a always a magical time of rebirth and renewal, but it holds special significance this year. The darknessContinue reading “The Slow Return to “Normal””
Dark Days
If you battle with depression, you likely have good days and bad. Highs and lows. Sometimes it correlates to life events and hardships, and sometimes it surfaces when you least expect it. Depression has no rules. There is no calendar, and no periodic schedule that can help me prepare for it. It can cause anxietyContinue reading “Dark Days”
For the love of naps
I rarely remember my dreams, but I know I have them. Although I can’t normally recall what happened, the feelings from them linger when I wake. Today those feelings were of being panicked, helpless, and alone. Unfortunately that’s a pretty common theme for me. Why? I’m not exactly sure. If I had to hazard aContinue reading “For the love of naps”
A light in the darkness
Mondays are always hard. Mondays during a pandemic, in the middle of winter, are a different beast altogether. Today is a remote learning day for my girls. Here we sit at the dining room table. Both girls are on their school chrome books and I am on my laptop, while the snow falls quietly outside.Continue reading “A light in the darkness”
Feeling overwhelmed and anxious? You could be experiencing sensory overload
Do you ever suffer from sensory overload? Sensory overload happens when you have many external stimuli competing for your attention at the same time. For me, hearing about sensory overload was an “aha!” moment. I am easily overwhelmed, and get irritable when there is too much going on around me. I would get very downContinue reading “Feeling overwhelmed and anxious? You could be experiencing sensory overload”
The Anxious Empath 