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…
Tag Archive: depression
Are You There, Prozac? It’s Me, Erin.
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…
It’s Okay to Not be Happy
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…
The 1970′s Story Song Manifesto
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…
20 Songs To Wallow By
Take all that internal muck, turn it inside out, and let it breathe a little. Bad things can only grow in the dark, you know.
Sometimes It Just Feels Good to Give In and Be a Bitch
Do you ever get that way? You know, where you want to just lash out randomly at people because your elbows are feeling pointy and why not jab a few people as you rampage through your day? I think it’s called feeling like a bitch.
What Do You Have To Say About Mental Health?
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…
I’ve Got Sunshine On A Cloudy Day
I’m a cynical depressive who generally thinks that this creating-your-own-happiness stuff is a huge pile of bullshit because faking it is still faking it, but I found out today that I am also generally wrong about this topic.
