Mental health symptoms which are not obvious

Thank you, thank you, thank you - any requests?

How my brain (doesn't) work [Trigger warning for discussion of depressive thoughts.]

Happy News!

Why are you making me defend Michele Bachmann?

Preparing for the good kind of pain

Does mental illness give us great art? (Spoiler alert: no)

New post on the new blog: The Thyroid Thing. What it's like living with a wonky thyroid (or at least my version of one).

Yesterday I was supposed to get my annual review at work. I already knew it was going to go well since mere weeks ago I was given a raise and a promotion (EEEEEEE) so the only surprise left was what my bonus would be.

Or in theory that was the only surprise left ( Read more... )

When Stuff happens in my life I tend to go into hiding, because that's how I cope. But then Stuff happens for a while and I end up more or less vanishing for weeks on end, which I realize is not good either ( Read more... )

There I was, on Tuesday, minding my own business, enjoying my Mardi Gras, maybe having a tiny bit of a headache but not thinking too much of it -- yanno, usual kind of stuff.

Then at around... ohh... 7:30pm? 8? My plans for the week changedAs I emailed my boss later in the week "This blows. Sadly literally ( Read more... )

1. Headache = OW
2. Internet Connection = Sporadic
3. Team = Coco

That is all.

My outdoor Christmas lights are starting to have a personality. Or at least I'm giving them one and since I control time and space said personality is now fact ( Read more... )

I'm trying to determine if it's going to rain this afternoon or simply threaten to with clouds that sneak in just when I think it's going to be sunny. The reason for this debate is that while I enjoy rain, clothes drying on the line do not. I've made it this far without my clothes getting caught in a rainstorm and I'd like to maintain the record ( Read more... )

I can haz a dreamwidth!

Shockingly, I'm thebratqueen over there too ( Read more... )

Feeling a bit better today. Fever went down. Still tired and mentally loopy but that could be due to the cold meds too. Either way I was able to make it into work so that was of the good ( Read more... )