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No fancy title, just a follow up from yesterday
I posted this on the thread for the link to yesterday’s post over on my Facebook wall, but I wanted to share it here, for everyone who has commented or has been reading along, or who has a friend with Depression, or has struggled about what to say about their Depression.
It takes a lot of guts to talk about this stuff, and to open myself up in this ( Read more... ) -
There’s something wrong with me chemically - Something wrong with me inherently
I am struggling right now.
I was marching to the wrong drum
With the wrong scum
Pissing out the wrong energy
Using all the wrong lines
And the wrong signs
With the wrong intensity
I was on the wrong page of the wrong book
With the wrong rendition of the wrong look
With the wrong moon, every wrong night
With the wrong tune playing till it sounded ( Read more... ) -
I’ll try to remember what you look like sitting there
I really should update more often.
To know who I am now, I often look to the past to show me where I’ve been, and how I got from there to here. It’s not to dwell [well, not necessarily - though I admit that sometimes I get "stuck" in memories, because they're pleasant or interesting] but rather to take perspective.
It’s a good think to take stock ( Read more... ) -
wait for the change
The last time I posted here, it was the Dark Place that was on top. Winter is like that - it gets into everything, greys it out, pushes it down with its heaviness.
It seemed to take forever for Spring to get here, but just when it seemed like it would never arrive, there was the peek of green through the brown and grey and black… and hope once again ( Read more... ) -
Lay bare your heart, induce the will of love / to restore what little faith that you may have lost
This is the dark time of the year.
Both in season - it is Winter Solstice, the longest night, the shortest day - and in mental state. The lack of light gets to me. I try really hard to keep my head up, but the relentless lack of sun makes me tired, makes me sad, makes me numb and full of every emotion all at once.
Last night I watched It’s A ( Read more... )
