Master J finished school on Friday. He bounced into the car, full of as much joy as a nearly 17 year old boy can muster. “I’m done. I’m done for 8 weeks.” I smiled. I love the school holidays. It is just he and I at home. Mornings are lazy. No time frame constraints…
Tag: depression
Piece of mind vs Peace of mind
If you had the opportunity, would you go back to that one person who hurt you so badly and let them have it? All that visceral anger that you have been harbouring, unleashed. One of the traits of someone living with depression is that we tend to ruminate, especially on those people or incidents that…
Time to let go, time to release
Frantic is the only word to describe my life at the moment. The silly season is upon us and I am the proverbial chicken without a head, trying desperately to get it all done before the big day. It isn’t going to happen. I have to let some things go. I have lost my…
We need to talk about mental illness, depression and suicide NOW!
I went to see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 today. It was awesome. I loved the book and I loved the movie. But throughout the movie I could not help but feel sad. As Philip Seymour Hoffman graced the screen in the effortless way that was his acting style, I couldn’t help but…
Breakthroughs, hope and moving forward
I’ve been awake since 3am. I am not going to be good company today, not least because it’s highly unlikely I’m going to be able to stay awake past midday. And it’s my cleaning day today, because Tom the Cleaner comes tomorrow. Because that’s what we do, we clean tidy for the cleaner. Well you…
Make A Card Monday {F-off Monday}
I overslept. I hate it when that happens. The dogs kept me awake barking all night. I have no idea what it was, but almost every hour on the hour, Harry would bark. I would get up, walk over to the laundry (where they sleep at night), yell at him to shut up and then…
The seductress and the middle aged woman who is learning to live
How, when you have depression, do you find the light in the day? I have no idea to that question. I am only me. The glass is half-empty me. The “some days it’s hard to live” me. I find life really really hard. So hard in fact I became a raging alcoholic. Raging might be…
Thankful Thursday {Choosing Gratitude}
I think it is safe to say that I have been having a pity party this week. I’ve been feeling extremely sorry for myself. I’ve been looking at myself and lamenting all the things that are wrong with me – my baldness, my obesity, my crappy nails, my crappy feet. You know, that systematic attack…
Operation Sarah is a go
I have never been one for self improvement of the body. It’s true. Now self improvement of the mind, that I could sink my teeth into. But body improvement? Not for me. Of course, this stance was just a guise for “I can’t be arsed to move my body”. And this attitude led to me…
Make a Card Monday {1} – Merry Christmas
Depression is something that fills my world like something that clouds crystal clear water. It obscures a beautiful view. But I don’t want it to define me and I don’t want it to define my little piece of cyberspace. It is with me, always, but although at times it doesn’t feel like it, I…