Happy Easter!

To all who celebrate it! While I no longer celebrate the same way I did as a kid (for multiple reasons, both religious and because I’m an adult now), I do still celebrate spiritually with the themes of fertility, spring, renewal, and rebirth. I also still celebrate secularly by eating massive amounts of candy andContinue reading “Happy Easter!”

Bipolar awarness

Today, March 30th, I just became aware at 11:16 pm. as the day is ending, is bipolar awarness day. Trigger Warning, Content Warning, themes of mental illness like bipolar and scizoaffective disorders and their symptoms, traumas like abuse, malnutrition, addiction, self harm, and suicide are mentioned briefly. Please do not take anything in this articleContinue reading “Bipolar awarness”

Tossing and turning

Trigger Warning mentions abuse, feeling suffocating sadness, stress, nightmares, and pain and fears with feelings of uselessness. This poem just came to me, but it all describes how I have been feeling. Looking at it after writing it I recognize that these are feelings that I will be talking to my mental health care providerContinue reading “Tossing and turning”

An appreciation post

So, somehow, something cool has been happening as far as this blog goes. As I hope all of you who come here know, I have a growing resource page for different things related to mental health and other areas of life. I built that resource page because I want people to get something of valueContinue reading “An appreciation post”

Choo-Choo! Train all the way!

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? I am actually planning a cross-country trip by using the amtrak rail pass system and staying in and exploring the places we stop in. That’s why I chose train, but in reality, it was a misdirect because my #1 preferred method for goingContinue reading “Choo-Choo! Train all the way!”