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Tag: depression

How much are you worth?

Posted on March 29, 2017March 21, 2022 by Sarah

How much is one person worth? Such a loaded question. A person is worth a lot, an awful lot. Each of us is worth everything to someone. But I am not sure putting a monetary price on our worth, as is the current trend to justify charging exorbitant fees for a service, is really doing…

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Don’t put baby in a single box!

Posted on January 2, 2017March 21, 2022 by Sarah

At the party on New Year’s Eve, I got chatting to a woman who I had met a few times before but whom I didn’t know all that well.  After chatting for a while, she said to me, “You’re such a homemaker! I can tell it comes naturally to you.” The comment took me a…

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A journey of healing

Posted on October 4, 2016March 21, 2022 by Sarah

I wake up to the burning sensation in my stomach.  I clutch it, curling into a ball.  2am. I close my eyes, willing myself to breathe in, breathe out.  Please, brain, don’t go into overdrive tonight.  Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.  I feel the rise and fall of my burning abdomen. What…

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Coming home

Posted on August 8, 2016March 21, 2022 by Sarah

I’ve been away. Two and a bit weeks ago Mr C decided I needed a break.  He had snagged himself a job (oh the relief!), and we had a little of the redundancy money left, so he decided to send me back to the UK to where my dad lives.  Just between you and me,…

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The yin and yang of the week that was

Posted on July 8, 2016March 21, 2022 by Sarah

So this is how my week has been: We withdrew Master J from school.  Only a term before the end of VCE, only a term before the end of his entire 13 year career.  We withdrew him because he could take it no longer.  He could no longer endure the place that promised us that they…

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Thoughtfulness Cards – acknowledging depression and suicide

Posted on June 25, 2016March 21, 2022 by Sarah

I’m depressed. There’s no coating it, there’s no glossing over it, and there is absolutely no point in pretending that I’m not having an episode of deep depression. There is an argument floating around that writing about dark stuff on a personal level reduces readers, that people don’t want to read about the horrors of…

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THIS IS WHAT IS AT THE HEART OF DEPRESSION

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Sarah

  I climbed into bed.  I knew they were coming.  I could feel it long before they actually fell. I rolled over, placed my head on Mr C’s chest and let them fall. “Are you okay?” he asked. I didn’t answer.  He knew. “Oh Sarah, my love.” His soft voice only served to act like…

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WHAT WOULD BUDDHA DO?

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Sarah

It’s 3:30am. I’ve been awake since 2:30am. It’s pouring with rain outside and it’s freezing. Whenever it rains at night, especially that hard driving miserable rain, I think of the homeless.  I lay in bed, snuggled under my duvet and blanket and I imagine how awful it must be for them trying to stave off…

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THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT ON GRIEF

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Sarah

Where do I begin? How do I talk about how I am feeling, without appearing like I am going over old ground, wallowing. Who am I kidding. It’s grief. There is no time limit on grief. I normally lock my grief away.  I have locked it deep into my heart in a locked cage in…

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BECAUSE I REALLY DON’T WANT TO TAKE THAT DRINK

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Sarah

It’s the school holidays. And during this time I spend a lot of time “lounging”. Take this morning for example.  It’s 10am and I am still in bed. Yep, I’m in my PJs, tea on my bedside table, dogs firmly ensconced either side of me (wedged into me so tightly I cannot move) and my…

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