What does depression feel like? That's what ads for antidepressants ask us, as they parade about cartoons of sad rocks rolling lazily along a sparse black and white landscape. Right now, it feels like this enormous weight sitting on my chest, one that refuses to go away. I look fine on the outside (even on Twitter), ...
Tag Archive: bed
Jun
19
Day 5, Where I Already Begin Going Stir Crazy
Day 5 of 28. Last night was a rough one. And I suspect the weekend is going to be tough, too. During the week, they keep you very busy. There's a class or group almost all the time from 8 in the morning until 3 or 4 in the afternoon. It's the nights and weekends where I ...
Jun
13
Two Days
Two days left. Two days for me to get my fill of Twitter and Facebook and blogs. Two days to wonder how good the cell signal is there. Two days to wonder if I'll be able to blog. I'm definitely bringing my journal ...
Jun
04
In or Out?
I've been through a metric shitton of therapy, both individual and group, to varying degrees of success. Spent two years in an intensive outpatient program (IOP), in fact. Grief recovery and suicide prevention was the main focus. Most everyone in that ...
Feb
04
Looks Like We’ve Had Our Glitch For This Mission
I wish I could tell you that this month's Resolution has gone off without a hitch, but it hasn't. There's a bit of a fly in the ointment, and I can't yet say what. Suffice it ...
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I’m a writer. A lover, not a fighter. An amateur philosopher who enjoys shaving giraffes and dancing around my living room in my boxers.