The blues. We all get them time to time. They can creep up on us and take us by surprise when we’re least expecting it, or they can come to us at the most obvious and stressful time in our lives. But what we have to think about more is not how they come, but how to get rid [...]
Having recently posted the video Pregnant Women are Smug (shut up, I know it’s four years old, but there may be someone out there who hasn’t seen it, and it’s funny), I’ve been thinking lately of my own, and others’, experiences of pregnancy, and just how varied these can be. I certainly learned that the [...]
Dear Doctor of Adele: First off, let me congratulate you, esteemed Doctor, on being the professional privy to one of the world’s most beloved performers in the past one hundred years. What an honor, you must be so secretly proud. How I have come by this information is of no matter. There is an issue [...]
I have a huge, ginormous crush on the website known as tumblr. If you’ve never been on tumblr, you just won’t understand. It stores my memories, makes me laugh, and gives me ideas and inspiration. Of Tumblr, I’m a huge fan, but lately something has been bothering me: it appears that it is now trendy [...]
Raise your hand if you you’re like me and get kind of blah in mid-November, and by January sit around semi-comatose, staring at walls. Now, raise your hand if you realize you may be experiencing S.A.D. What’s S.A.D? Seasonal Affective Disorder. In blogger-without-medical-training speak it means that every year around the same time (usually between [...]
Since my teenage years I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety. Around age 13, I started seeing a wonderful psychotherapist, and later on a psychiatrist who added anti-depressants to my regimen. You name it, I’ve taken it: Prozac, Paxil, Effexor, Wellbutrin, and now Cymbalta. Anti-depressants are like shoes; you have to try some on before you find the right fit. It’s also important [...]
I have suffered with depression for most of my life. More accurately I have been bipolar most of my life and didn’t get properly diagnosed until I was in my mid twenties. Granted my home life was a bit stressful growing up, but I always felt like I had the weight of the world weighing [...]
Every so often, I like to go to a therapist for a sanity tune-up. Having my mental oil changed assures me that there is no brain sludge built up that will cause me to suddenly and inexplicably stab a passing stranger and pan roast his toe knuckles for a snack. The last therapist I had [...]
Aiming Low Does Good has been talking about mental illness during March. Our goal was: To fight social stigma by showing that people with mental illness are not alone To show that you can have a mental illness and still live a happy, functional life Thanks to our guest contributors, we were able to give [...]
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