The past week or so has been a series of crappy, frustrating events. Or that is how I took them. My positive attitude checked out and left my “woe is me†attitude to do all the work. This is never good. I gave away my control of situations and circumstances and allowed them to batter me senseless. The process was out of control and I … [Read more...] about Guess what happened when I changed my attitude?
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Sometimes You Must Put On “Big Boy” Pants
There are other, more crude ways of expressing this. The point is there are times when you need to do the right thing. And doing the right thing may be uncomfortable, or even feel impossible. But it is still what needs to be done. Knowing that this is the thing to do doesn’t make doing it any easier. I am dealing with two very intense situations … [Read more...] about Sometimes You Must Put On “Big Boy” Pants
This is true for me
I'm off to work. I will write later. I feel that if I slow down or stay in one place too long, depression will find me. So I keep moving. And I know it is harder to hit a moving target. This is another incentive to stay on my toes. The concept applies to my eating habits, too. I eat very, very fast. … [Read more...] about This is true for me
I can’t believe I lied to my Psychiatrist
Well, maybe I just did not tell him everything. That sounds a lot better. Yet, in the end, I wasn’t honest about how I was doing. My years of practice hiding and concealing my depression kicked in when I went in to see him last week. It had been three months since I first saw him, and I made a lot of progress. With all the work I have done to … [Read more...] about I can’t believe I lied to my Psychiatrist
Three things I do to not be S.A.D. when I fall back
The days are getting shorter, that is clear. The shortest day of the year will be here in less than two months. Darkness comes in the mid-Atlantic states by 6 PM now, and the days are still getting shorter. In early summer, it wasn’t getting dark until almost 9 PM. What a difference. Seasonal Affective Disorder appears as the days get shorter and can … [Read more...] about Three things I do to not be S.A.D. when I fall back
