Here’s an insider’s view of an extended volley between me and my Jerk Brain. It isn’t pretty.
Tag: depression
Whose story is it anyway?
As human beings, we tell stories and form narratives that create the base of our worldview and perspective. We all must be aware of the stories we tell, consume, believe, and act upon, their providence, and our right to tell them.
Recovery update: Do-si-do your doctor
An update on my recovery from my long-term major depressive episode. Changing doctors, finding a new therapist, and trying to get #jerkbrain to stop telling me over and over again that I’m failing at getting better.
Enough about you, let’s talk about me, me, me!*
Depression is all about itself. As humans, that’s tough for us to process, but critical for us to understand.
Liz(zie) 4.1
Yesterday was my birthday. It changes everything and nothing. My gift to myself is that I get that now.
A synonym for “nothing left to lose”
What does it mean for me to be away from my professional career right now? Is this freedom? If so, what am I free from exactly?
An object at rest
My experience with exhaustion through the lens of my depression, informed by Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of Classical Mechanics.
Tom Petty was right
The waiting is the hardest part. Psychiatric medication changes take a lot of time, trial, and error. Patience is not one of my virtues.
And the Oscar goes to…
Don’t beat yourself up because you didn’t realize I was depressed. I worked hard to make sure you couldn’t see it.
What to (and what not to) say to someone who is depressed
Inspirational quotations are not therapy. Toxic positivity is not a treatment plan.
Seriously, Jerk Brain?! 