Living life to its fullest while thriving through depression
Almost 8 years ago to the day I found out I was pregnant with our 4th baby. My husband was in his Master’s program and we lived in the city of Philadelphia with 3 small children. We knew we wanted more children but we agreed it would be best to wait until after he finished […]
I woke up this morning knowing it was going to be a bad mental health day. If I would have had the choice I would have stayed in bed all day long…no joke. I could tell when I woke up that I was going to over analyze everything…And I was annoyed with myself for this […]
(and 5 other common misconceptions people have about depression and anxiety) I have a friend who is a SUNSHINE of a person. She is always happy, always smiling, always worrying about everyone else. She is one of the sweetest most sincere people I know. When I am around her I feel confident and special (in […]
A best friend of mine once told me a quote that I think about often, She said, ” The grass is brown on both sides of the fence, it’s only GREEN where YOU water it. “ As I have thought about those words over the last several years it has helped me dissect the way […]
Parents Edition PUT IT DOWN! “DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT” If you haven’t read my other posts on the High Five Method of ways to instantly boost your mood while coping with depression read it here. After you read that one, here is the post about the Thumb and here is the post about the index finger. […]
Now you are asking yourself, “do I fake what?” Do you fake being happy so you don’t have to open up and talk about how you really feel inside? Do you feel like you are struggling with depression but you are too scared, too sad, too overcome with darkness you don’t want or don’t know […]
It sounds ridiculous that you would actually need to be reading this right? Why would there be any question as to how to show love to your own children? Believe it or not, it is harder than you would think. If you suffer from depression and/or anxiety and have kids, you already know the struggle […]
Perhaps one of the hardest things about depression for me is the realization that it might never go away. What is it to feel happy? It is so far from my mind I fear I can’t remember what it is. I am surrounded by people I love and who love me and yet I can’t […]
One of the things I hate most about depression is the fact that I feel like I am living inside a foggy bubble that I can not seem to break out of. Let me explain myself a little more. I remember the very first time I realized I had depression the feeling of isolation was […]
It’s Saturday night, our date night. I went on a date with Jake tonight I picked him up from work, actually I met him at work and we took his car. I planned the date this time. Tonight we went to Texas roadhouse for dinner. We had some really good conversations. We talked about our […]
