The most difficult thing for someone in pain to accept, is someone else giving useless advice because they sincerely want to help. What more someone who can’t think their way out of a corkscrew? They can’t even defend themselves. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve had to walk away from some conversations because of my condition, about my condition. If only there was a Thoughtful Tim passing by every time, to help me to take on the task of educating. Will it work?
Sooo… I have thought these thoughts at one point or another in my own journey. Why do people think that we’d like to stay in our depression and not recover? And no matter how I draw or write… I will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Choices are easier when we’ve got the right perspective. Medication, therapy, and the support and encouragement of those who love us. All these things do only one thing. They help us to choose to live, to fight, to want to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It really is that difficult to choose when in the midst of depression. I’ve found myself stuck because I know what I should choose but I’m simply not able to choose it. And the pain of choice is real.
Depression doesn’t mean no humour. It just means less humour. And possibly dark dark humour. But no one has a good answer to why mental illness feels so bad. It just does. The only promise is that it’ll get better.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because sometimes, right after everything seems good, depression bites us in the arse to remind us that it’s still around. And sometimes we seem to hate having company, but what we actually want to say is… Love us.
Psychiatrists aren’t mind readers. Talk to them honestly about your medicines and the side effects. That’s the only way you can both reach a good titration level for your medication. Psychiatrists like most other doctors, simply want to help you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…