Category Depression
Weird things get me thinking about my depression. While playing Call of Cthulu with my friends, we ordered dinner and I was asked if I had one of those money management app they could use to transfer me their dinner… Continue Reading →
Almost everyone has heard of or known of a patient with depression who says they are in pain. It must sometimes seem weird. After all, how could a psychological condition be causing physical pain? Well, that pain is not something… Continue Reading →
On the final episode of the TV series, The Newsroom, the character Gary Cooper poised that it would be fun to teach kids something wrong, such as wood coming from birds, and keep it up as long as possible. When they’re all… Continue Reading →
I’ve been asked why I can’t just ‘get over’ my depression. Why can’t I just ‘forget it ever happened’. Well, it’s simply because any serious attempt of suicide is akin to losing a limb. I’m not demeaning the physically disabled… Continue Reading →
I hate to break it to you, but you don’t have to have been physically abused or sexually assaulted to have a trauma. You don’t need to be bullied or have a dysfunctional family, or have a single, major life… Continue Reading →
That title up there is actually the worst thing to say to anyone who is or was ever mentally ill. If someone has diabetes or have just been stabbed with a sword, you don’t say, “Get over it.” I want… Continue Reading →
Two years and two months ago, I took a sword and held it to my stomach. I leaned the back of the handle against the wall in my room and told myself that if the tip of the blade pierced… Continue Reading →
With the new year come and gone, I looked back at the past few years of life and see how far I’ve come with my condition. 2013 was a life changing year for me. Not only did I have my… Continue Reading →
Triggers for mental illness comes about in different forms. You can look at an object or say a certain phrase and it would trigger traumatic memories or feelings within a person. These triggers are different from person to person, circumstances… Continue Reading →