Posts Tagged ‘Mental health’
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
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
gratitude
Last night as I fell asleep, I went over the things for which I’m grateful. I try to do this as often as I can. It’s a good exercise; being actively thankful, I don’t take things for granted.
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Tags: Family, Friends, Gratitude, Mental health, Motherhood, Support, Thankful
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
