Depression told me many lies while I was ill. These are the BIG THREE.
Category: Depression
Learning to be Myself
My journey to find myself after severe depression.
Friday 5!
One Took last week off because when Dobbs vs. Jackson was handed down, I couldn’t even function, let alone write about it. I did Tweet… a lot, and I’m going to be including some of those tweets here as well. The actions taken by the SCOTUS as they ended their 21-22 term have been the…
Friday 5! Late Night Addition (Again…)
One I’ve been sober for six months. Not because I was an addict, but I was definitely abusing alcohol. I was using it to numb myself so that my depression was less hellish… it didn’t help, but it felt like it was and so I drank. Then I had blood work done and my Dr….
Friday 5! (Late Night Addition)
One Today was my 24th session of Deep Brain Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. I feel amazing. There have been a few difficulties, but they are all related to the flood of emotions that returned after my first treatment. When you are in the grips of a deep depressive episode, you stop having other emotions, at least…
Friday 5!
Friday 5! (Deep Brain TMS) Let’s talk about Deep Brain TMS (dTMS). I started my dTMS treatments on 5/5/22, and it’s been a life-changing experience. I’m going to run down the most dramatic effects here, so today’s Friday 5 is going to be different. It’s all going to relate to the same subject. I’ll link…
Friday 5!
Last week I introduced the Friday 5 Random Style. Check out last weeks’ post for details. One Yesterday was my first Deep TMS treatment. I’m so excited about this… please work, please work, please work. So, if you don’t know what Deep TMS is, this is the website of the folks who built the machine…
Dealing with Depression and ADHD-C
I have a confession to make. Since January, I’ve been on leave from my teaching position. I had the best fall semester I’ve had in years; it was amazing; my classroom stayed organized. I could keep up with grades. The kids were learning; it was almost too smooth. Then we went on break and it…