December 29th 2014 – I began writing about the day
I nearly jumped off of a waterfall and my experiences with Mental Health. I
didn’t know what direction I would take the writing and I didn’t know if I was
even going to share it with anyone, let alone open it up for the world to see. But I did. And here I am, still going.
As New Year’s Eve approaches I can’t help but to look back
at the events of the past year (and a bit) and to see how far I’ve come. Last
year I was still a bit of a...
Monday, 28 December 2015
Monday, 14 December 2015
Big Trigger, Little Trigger
Financial hardship, marital problems, loss of a loved one, addiction,
bullying, health issues, and big unexpected changes are all things that can
knock a person with good mental health down and make them feel low,
contributing to situational depression. But if you take those same stressful
situations and place someone who is already struggling or prone to mental
health issues in that position it can lead to immediate relapse and
unpredictable behaviour, with disastrous outcomes.
It’s a frustrating...
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Parenting with Mental Illness
Back in the summer I wrote about how mental illness has affected my relationships - most notably my marriage and other adult-based relationships in my life. From the time that I was a young teen I can look back now and see all of the ways that anxiety, depression, mania, and anger have affected my life; see the very real struggle that relationships have always been for me. It's easy to look back and feel the regret, to see the mistakes I made and the way my thinking was often distorted throughout...
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