Inspired by this post from Los Whittaker, I remembered a prayer I had printed on a bookmark years ago when I attended Al-Anon, a 12-step recovery group for families of alcoholics. It began a changed life in me. I’ve been craving it lately and finally decided to track it down again. Hope it speaks to [...]
Archive for the ‘depression’ Category
20 Feb
I’m so mad I could…2
This is the conclusion of my gigantic post started yesterday regarding my depression and what happened once I was diagnosed and treated by a professional…
Within a week, I began to feel more self controlled. Not euphoric, not pollyanna. Just less rage. Therapy helped give me tools to use for those trigger moments that can send [...]
19 Feb
I’m so mad I could…
If you’ve followed this blog for awhile, you know that I am depressed. I see an internist and a psychiatrist regularly while we are dialing in some medication and monitoring Type 2 Diabetes. I am one of many women/moms in the same or similar boat. Comforting or disturbing? You pick.
About 5 years ago, I had [...]
30 Aug
Health and Welfare
I’m adding this as a ragamuffinTop challenge post. Weight 8/16: 198.6; 8/30: 198.8
I apologize if you got here through the wrong tag or search. Its not about politics. Its all about ME!!!
From my previous post on “Fat, Depression and Hormones“, you may have deduced I would have jumped off a bridge by now. Not so. [...]
15 Aug
Fat, depression, and hormones
I originally put this on my ragamuffinTop post but think it fits better on its own. Regarding the weight loss challenge, I really haven’t done well. Depression is kicking my arse. Sad thing is(no pun intended ), exercise will help relieve depression symptoms but depression deters motivation. Really, the one thing that is [...]
21 May
My non-Twitter twitter
I don’t Twitter. But if I did, this would be it…except for the 93 word count.
3:48 a.m. still awake, lots of pain, getting worse. I’m getting weaker. Lose my step now and then. I need surgery. My first steroid injection is in 5 hours and 10 mins. Then I think I’ll be calling the surgeon [...]
4 Apr
Fat Blogger update
I am SO not the one to inspire a movement. Months ago, I outed myself as a fatblogger and wanted to use the blog as a journal for my progress. Well, yeah. Lots of things have happened since then and suffice it to say, I have not turned into fitblogger yet. I started working part-time [...]
4 Mar
I don’t feel like it
I should be pulling shirts out of the dryer so they don’t wrinkle.
I should be cleaning up the breakfast mess.
I should be ironing my work shirts.
I should be hanging out with my sick kids on the couch.
I should be fixing drinks and snacks for my sick kids on the couch.
I should be fixing myself something [...]
23 Feb
Not a whiny post
This is the second time this week I began a frustrated venting post crabbing about my day and then didn’t have time to finish. When I came back to publish it, it just seems irrelevant because I got over myself since writing it! So today, I’ll just write a non-whining post for a change.
I’m a [...]
30 Jan
Friends of the Depressed
If you are a friend or family member of someone who is depressed–diagnosed or not–I have discovered something tangible to pray for them. Motivation. If there are small children involved, pray for their safe self sufficiency for increments of time.
You have heard my tales of overwhelmedness(I know, not a word). My desktop frequently is piled [...]
