Mental Health: Depression Nothing Ordinary About It There is nothing ordinary about it. Or there shouldn’t be. We need to work together and break this stigma. I am joining up with the Write 28 days challenge. I already missed day 1. Well it seems not making time to write is my ordinary. I tend to let all those other things that I ‘should” be doing like laundry and dishes etc.. pull me away from spending time calm, focused and letting the words flow from my brain to my laptop. Well I googled my title “There is nothing ordinary about it” and…
Sunday 10/10 is World Mental Health Day Need: Help Stop the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness! If you’ve known me awhile you probably know I started struggling with chronic depression as a youth. As a young newly single mother of 4 my untreated depression only flourished as I sank. Years later I wish I had not let the stigma keep me from facing the fact that I had an illness that needed treatment. It would have saved me and my youngsters at the time a lot of darker days. There is no miracle cure but it CAN be overcome with time…
CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK May 2021 Childrens mental health awareness week is important. I was pleased to read in a recent newsletter that the GEAR Parent Network is partnering with the Office of Child and Family Services on Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week May 2-8th, 2021! This year the 2021 theme is “Flip the Script on Mental Health.” The statistics are pretty sad looking from before the pandemic. Since the pandemic mental health issues are on the rise for all…
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] My Need To Live A year ago today I published this post https://myneedtolive.com/lifelong-learning-teaching-an-old-dog-new-tricks/ on the My Need To Live Website A lot has happened in the last year. Though I don’t have anything that stands out in my mind before that Sunday in March when we were celebrating my grandaughter’s birthday and we got the notifications that the state was pretty much going into shut down mode. At least as far as all of our kids schools. Thankfully my two seniors were already doing online…
Autumn In Wonderland: A Tale Of Two worlds Out the window the colors are bright and beautiful. Shades of red, brown, yellow and orange. The summer heat has passed and the temperature is just right. Well except for that pesky early morning late night cold. The cold is a reminder of the coming white frozen wonderland. You leave the house and go through the motions. You smile and chat with everyone as if everything is wonderful. Inside there is a battle going on. The world in your head and heart. Like you are living in two worlds. The voices…
The Shame of Suicide and Rising Mental Health Statistics Rebecca Jones over at A Daughters Gift Of Love says : “I had to write about suicide, it is such a shame and affects so many.” I am sharing this link here as this blog post written by Rebecca highlights an issue that needs to be addressed. “No one ever thinks it could be them or their child or someone they love, don’t deceive yourselves, don’t let the devil deceive you. It most certainly can.” ~ Rebecca Jones I wrote a post last year about the rising statistics in mental health…
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Smile Every time this song comes on it makes my mind boosted. It reminds me of how I feel about my children and grandchildren. Uncle Kracker ‘s Happy Song
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