Posts Tagged ‘Outside of Normal’
The Eeyore Psychic Story:
When I was in my 20s, I went to a psychic with a casual friend who was a frequenter of all things mystic. My friend said: This is the best psychic I’ve ever been to! She knows EVERYTHING! You have to talk to her too. I didn’t want to talk to her, because 1) I…
Read MoreThe inescapable dork DNA
ACIMH,* Sunday edition: Me: Will you please fill up the rice canister? There’s a huge bag of jasmine rice on the pantry shelf. College Ninja: *gets giant bag* How do I open this? Me: Scissors Navy Guy: *makes doubtful noise, starts toward kitchen* Me: Judd. Your son is almost 21…
Read MoreAnd then they ate him…
ACIMH*, the car trip back to college edition: Me: What are you studying? College Princess: French. I have a quiz today. Me: Want me to help? Her: No. You’re all Miss Perfect Pronunciation. It’s annoying. Me: Want me to teach you how to sing the French National Anthem in French?…
Read MoreFriday Mental Health Check-in – Impostor Syndrome
I’ve had several people reach out to ask if I’m okay and why I haven’t been putting my Friday Mental Health Check-Ins up for several weeks. I tried and tried to figure out an answer that doesn’t sound awful, but as usual, I have to go with the truth: I’ve been feeling like a fraud.…
Read MoreOn one writer and depression, aka life in the black pit of hell
I’ve had so many hundreds of people talk to me about their depression and what they’re suffering, and how they’re afraid to go public with it, that I thought it was time to republish my “coming out” blog when I told the world that I suffer from depression. It was scary as hell to do,…
Read MoreFriday Mental Health Check In – on Naysayers
Friday Mental Health Check In: (and please share this post with everyone; it’s so important!) Today I want to talk about the issue of naysayers. Mental health deniers. The Tom Cruise “post-partum depression doesn’t exist” kind of thing. The neighbor who tells you that meds are bad and she was sad once but sniffing tulips…
Read MoreOUTSIDE OF NORMAL, BUT BRAVE AF!
Okay, in spite of a crippling fear of water, thanks to my Dad’s throwing me in a lake to ‘teach me how to swim’ when I was a kid (I did not learn; I did not float; I kept plummeting to the bottom…), I’m finally FINALLY going to learn to swim. Because it’s my year…
Read MoreFriday Mental Health Check In:
Friday Mental Health Check In: How is everyone this week? I realized I have the “My baby is going to college” blues, but then College Ninja decided to live at home and commute to his college classes this year, so I won’t be totally an empty nester. Yay! I’m also avoiding the doctor, because I…
Read MoreOn courage and learning to swim…
Conquering fear… One of the worst things about depression is that it makes us afraid. Afraid of stepping outside our comfort zone, afraid of trying new things, afraid of stepping into the world and experiencing it fully–with adventures and anticipation and joy. So today I’m going to begin to tackle one of my lifelong fears:…
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