September 8, 2023
October 12, 2022
Facts…
When you or someone you know (and/or) love is in the depths of severe depression (and/or) anxiety you might say or hear them say something to the effect of “the world would be better without me in it.” They may express to you that they are just a burden to everyone around them and that […]
January 7, 2022
5 Commonly Overlooked Signs and Symptoms of Depression In Men
As I have dealt with depression and anxiety in some way or another of what seems to be my entire life, I seem to understand how to point out the signs of depression in myself, my friends, my peers, and in my family. I wouldn’t say it is second nature to me to know ALL […]
September 19, 2021
I wish there were a rewind button…
I wish so badly there was such a thing as a rewind button in life. If we could rewind and live life a little more fully. If we could tell the people we love just how much they mean to us a little more thoroughly. If we could sit still and listen a little more […]
September 6, 2021
No Words
Or maybe there are words just not the right ones to explain exactly how I am feeling. I feel empty, I feel hopeless, I feel lost, I feel sad and scared. I feel like I am living in one of those hamster balls that roll around all over the ground but just keeps bumping into […]
October 20, 2020
“Falling” thoughts…
The yearly truth about Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD (and what I hope it will look like for me this winter.) This time of year here in central Pennsylvania is beautiful! The trees are at their peak of fall beauty. Saturated jaw-dropping colors of bright yellows, oranges, dark purples to fluorescent reds light up the […]
July 3, 2020
Happy?
I feel like there is one word that sums up each persons individual goals in this life. One word that gets us out of bed in the morning, and puts us back in bed at night. One word that we allow to determine if we have found success, accomplishment, or freedom. That one word is… […]
April 28, 2020
I’m Scared,
I hear myself say these words to my kids all the time. “There is nothing to be scared of!” “Why are you so scared?” “I am right here, there is nothing to be fear”. “I will make sure you stay safe nothing, will happen to you”. The words leave my lips and I don’t even […]
March 22, 2020
Dear Diary, losing focus
Lately I have felt it almost impossible to be able to focus. I have noticed this previously with my mental illnesses but for some reason recently it feels more exaggerated than before. If I sit down to write out a game plan for my day I am quickly distracted with something else. It almost feels […]
March 17, 2020
8 ways to teach your kids emotional resilience in 2020
It was a normal Saturday at the Walters home. Kids doing chores, mom had just gone grocery shopping and was now cycling laundry and Dad was working hard outside. Well, maybe it was a little different than a “normal” Saturday because the day before they had just got the news that the 4 school-age kids […]
