Posted in Be inspired, Dealing with Depression, habits and addictions, tagged affirmations, self help on April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday, while polluting the environment on a 180-mile round trip to Nottingham for my monthly OU tutorial, I popped in to see my folks.
I have been moved out almost a year now, but it still seems that every time I visit, I bring back a bag of “stuff”. A lot of that stuff finds its way straight [...]
Posted in Dealing with Depression, habits and addictions, tagged blues, Dealing with Depression, lymph, SAD, winter on November 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Enduring the darkest part of the year.
It’s no secret that I struggle with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) at this time of year. So far the only item that I have put on my Christmas list is a Lumie alarm clock, purported to help those of us who have trouble getting out of bed on these [...]
Posted in Dealing with Depression, habits and addictions, tagged Dealing with Depression, lightbox, SAD, St. John's Wort, time zones on October 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I don’t know about you, but I really have problems getting out of bed at this time of year. HTB remarked on this the other day. “You were getting up at 5am only a few months back!” Yes, because it was blazing sunshine at 5am a few months back. Ironically, given the washout of a [...]
Posted in Dealing with Depression, tagged cats, Dealing with Depression on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I went to see the doc today, as my anxiety attacks seem to be getting worse. To be precise, they’re not actually getting worse, but they’re not getting any better either. It’s frustrating as I can go for weeks or months and feel totally fine. I make an effort to stay posititve (easier some days [...]
Posted in Dealing with Depression, tagged Dealing with Depression, mental health on October 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Happy world mental health day! Hope everyone is feeling healthy in body and mind. To celebrate, there has also been some fantastic news about the British government increasing funding to widen access to mental health services, in particular Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
The BBC coverage of this story disappointed me though, due an emphasis on how much money the government [...]
