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Not Worse
Here’s everything I know right now about how I am: I’m Not Worse. Not Worse. HOORAY! I feel like this might be confusing. Or discouraging to a Normal Person. Not Worse when you’re really Fairly Terrible and like you Can’t Breathe doesn’t seem particularly encouraging, after all. But if you’re sliding naked down a steep…
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An Actual List of Real Mental Illness Symptoms
I went to the doctor today. I almost convinced myself not to go. Again. It’s the cycle of mental illness… Is something wrong?… Am I OK?… I’m not OK… I’m FINE… Everyone has ups and downs… This is normal… This is not even a little normal… and on and on and on. I convinced myself to go to…
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My Outdoor Bedroom: Thoughts on Living Weird. Happy and Weird.
I used to think I didn’t like the outside. I’m not a long-haul backpacker like my most outdoorsy Oregonian friends. I don’t enjoy endurance hikes, forced-march style. I don’t even go on leisurely grandma walks around the block. But once I was able to tackle outside on my terms — biking in the sunshine, kayaking…
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I KNOW THE ANSWER
Is it mental illness? Or just my personality? I asked you yesterday, and today I’m happy to report I KNOW THE ANSWER, at least as far as the toast is concerned. I know the answer, friends, because Greg, bless his sweet heart, made me a video. This video, which you should listen to, as I did,…