Archive for the ‘Mental Health’ Category
glass half empty
I told a very good friend today that I had fallen in a hole (of depression) and she asked me when it started. She said she had to ask, because I fall a lot. Ouch. It’s stinging in my head. I don’t know how else to explain it. Sometimes, someone says something that just hurts. […]
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Tags: Depression, Mental health, Negativity, Optimism, Pessimism
one conscious breath
A good friend told me this week that Ekhart Tolle says that by taking even one conscious breath a day we can achieve higher awareness. I’ve been whining to him about my lack of ability to follow through, to stay in the present, to get to the next level in my path toward “enlightenment” or […]
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Tags: Breath, Breathing, Consciousness, Ekhart Tolle, Enlightenment, Meditation, Mindfullness, Philosophy
catatonia
I’m stuck. I can’t move; I can’t think. I can’t accomplish anything. I don’t want to go anywhere or do anything. I don’t even want to talk to anyone. I’m not sad or upset about anything. Nothing in particular precipitated this. I feel shut off. Like with a switch. My brain is turned off. Or, […]
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Tags: Assault, Catatonia, Mental health, Stuck
understand me?
Did you ever wish you had an instruction manual for someone? I wrote one for myself a few years ago. It was interesting to look back on this and see what is the same and what has changed in the past six years. What I wish you knew about me. 2/2/06
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Tags: Feelings, Instruction Manual, Mental health, Relationship, Romance, Understanding
impulsivity
I’ve been thinking about the fact that I am impulsive. Impulsivity is behavior without adequate forethought. It’s normal in children, and tends to be pathological in adults. I decided to study up a bit and found that it’s tied to ADHD, substance abuse disorders and bipolar disorder. Since it is an inability to self-regulate, impulsivity […]
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Tags: Action, Behavior, Bipolar disorder, Impulsivity, Locomotion, Mental health, Procrastination, Psychology Today, Self-Regulation
all kinda crazy
Not to mock mental illness, because it’s a very serious issue, but occasionally I go stark, raving. Truly. I suffer from Bipolar Disorder. (Btw, I loathe the expression suffer from, but it does seem to fit.) People with Bipolar Disorder (as you probably know) have mood swings, but spend most of their time struggling with […]
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Tags: Alone, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Mania, Mental health, Mental Illness, Needy, Pain
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