Nature doesn't care if people are dying, if families are grieving, if greed is prevailing. The flowers continue to permeate their sweet scent and the birds persist with their musical conversations. The temperatures are warming and the buds are growing into leaves. Spring is here to remind us that life, for some, does go on…
I recently asked friends on Facebook how they are handling this new existence that has been thrust upon us. Initially, it was out of curiosity but, let's face it, I was looking for ideas. The answers pretty much filled the spectrum from "Not well" to "Going with the flow". Of course, I was envious of…
When I started getting panic attacks just over 15 years ago, they were rarely discussed and the general public certainly did not understand what they really were. Most people thought it was a symptom of crazy people or an exaggerated expression of being stressed out. The Sopranos shed some light on panic as Tony suffered…
Is It All in the Head? Mental illness is an umbrella term that houses many different conditions, syndromes and disorders. Some of these are quite manageable and often completely unnoticed. Others may have no treatment options at all. Some may increase the chances of violent tendencies. Others may have not one iota of a violent…
Since I am being negative and gloomy and such a whiney, bitchy mess....I figured, hell...let's share the misery. Yea, I am fuckin' generous like that. You're welcome. You know...its not like I ask for a lot. I don't pray for riches (while I would love it...I know I don't need it). I don't expect perfection.…
Boy am I pissed. I feel like I put the car in reverse just to go back to that pit was I able to drive from seemingly long ago. I know it is unhealthy and the worst thing for me...but I cannot seem to get my foot off the accelerator. GAD - Generalized Anxiety Disorder…
See published article and reader comments HERE I had a doctor appointment today. And I left feeling punched in the gut. Not because of the bill or any procedure endured…it was due to good ole fashion humility. Yep, a big old slap across the head gave me some insight and in turn, made me feel…
I have been pretty introspective lately. Something on my mind is a pretty repetitive trend in my usual thinking. I am constantly trying to figure out what the hell my problem is and how to fix it. 37 years and I am still not sure of either. But I can't help but feel I am…
I just watched the season finale of The United States of Tara. (Spoiler alert) At the very end she was in the car with her husband on her way to an impatient psychiatric hospital. The 'Logical Song' by Supertramp started playing and played on into the credits. It hit me like a ton of crazy…
Cognitive Distortions. A concept which seems so simple, yet I have never even heard of it or thought about it until a couple months ago. My therapist - who really is great, by the way - has gradually mentioned it over the course of my treatment recently. Yesterday she told me that my distorted thinking…
Ramblings of a Neurotic Housewife 