This is a whiny, poor me post. Feel free to skip and come back tomorrow when I will be back to just being boring. I am feeling very distant from everything these days for a variety of reasons. Most of them are the result of choices I made. Part of the distance has always been … More Tater, Once Removed
I’ve officially hit a time of the year where I have nothing of note to look forward to until late May. We have passed the family birthdays. My daughter’s spring break is almost over. I no longer attend the library conferences that are happening now and then again in mid-May. We don’t do anything special … More Lacking Anticipation
Unless you are my wife, you have been aware for a while that we set the clocks back yesterday. If you are my wife, you woke up yesterday and said “I forgot the time changed. I could slept longer.” If you are my wife, you will comment again when it is dark at 5 that … More Hello Darkness My Old Friend
The last couple of days have not been great. The one good thing about the daily “What’s on TV” posts is that it gives me one thing to post that takes little thought. It was hard to get motivated to write anything else today, but I thought it would be better for me if I … More A Recipe for Bad Mental Health
My wife has decided she needs to go back to Kentucky to help her mom again. I mentioned in an earlier post that she had fallen and broken her arm. My wife went to check on her and help her out some after it happened. She felt bad when she left, Her mom has a … More More Hermit Life Begins Today
The three people who responded to my poll said I should post it so here is the first thing I wrote this morning. It’s dark and dreary outside. It will likely be this way for a couple of days. We have less daylight every day. I’m not getting enough sleep. There are various reasons for … More Dreary
I have had my laptop open for an hour. I’ve started and trashed several posts. I can’t seem to get the words out. I am only reading it fits and starts. It could be the book. It could be me. It could be both. I can’t settle my mind enough to do more than barely … More The Funk Continues
I’ve written before about what I call sudden onset melancholy. It is also one of the band names on my list. Those days when I’m just sad without a firm reason for the sadness. On those days, like today, it’s really hard to do much more than sit on the couch under a blanket and … More It’s Hard Sometimes
I discuss my struggle to write, read and even watch some TV right now. … More Brain Block
Yesterday, my therapist gave me a list of ways you can deal with distressing emotions until they pass. I was on board for all of them but one. Luckily, my therapist agreed. This way was comparison. There were two different types of comparison. One is to compare it to a time when you were in … More On Comparative Suffering
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