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Meeting myself
My ‘story’ is only part-written. In my early twenties, I guess I’m just embarking on the middle of the tale. My memories from my childhood are strong and fine tuned. Watching Harry Potter can take me back to those moments of connection with a magical world and happy endings. I was always aware that I…
Mastering ADD-Part 1
I have ADD. Yes, that’s right — Attention Deficit Disorder. It’s a misnomer though, because I can super-focus on something that really interests me, like my current research project. *wink* For most of my life, I felt like a failure and stupid, but guess what? The first eye opener for me was in high school…
DEPRESSION/OTHER FORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
I CAN IDENTIFY W MR. SHUCHART………MY FM OF ORIGIN WAS ABOUT AS FUNCTIONAL/DYSFUNCTIONAL WHICH HAS MADE ME AN EXCELLENT MENTALLY ILL CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER. I HAVE LEARNED MUCH FROM MY FM HX AND FROM MY CLIENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO READING JOHN’S BOOK.
A Culture of Peacocks
As I try to say something on the issue of depression, I start to realize how powerful the stigma surrounding depression is. It’s hard to write – even anonymously. Why is that? We live in a culture of self-promotion. We want everyone to recognize that we’re a great alpha male or alpha female that (some…
Dysfunctional Families
Dysfunctional families seem to be the most common denominator for people with depression, ADHD, bi-polar and other mental illness. At least this has been my observation. Therefore, this world is full of such problems. There needs to be more discussion about this so that people will realize how common it is. We need to admit…
three bad days
My life felt like this.. if it could go wrong, it DID go wrong. People I love were sick, there was no money and I felt like a complete failure. My spirit was so heavy, I felt like someone was sitting on my chest. Even my vision seemed like it was tinted.. like I wearing…
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