I'm sorry for the radio silence since October! My husband found a great job in north Miami and we ended up having to move about 50 miles north after a month of getting up at 4:30 am and commuting everyday. Suffice it to say, we've been busy and I'm exhausted! But we have been able [...]
Tag: congenital illness
This Past Week
The depression has been pretty bad lately, and it's had me thinking about things a lot for the past few days. My life as a whole has been Lifetime movie stupid drama, and sometimes when you are in the middle of it you don’t realize that you make your life harder for yourself, and you [...]
Invisible Illness
It’s 99 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. It feels like my brain is full of cotton and my body is made of mud. My head hurts. My spine hurts. I can’t brain. Sergio had to take over driving because I almost crashed three times in five minutes in an empty parking lot. It’s very difficult [...]
An update on life
Long post; be warned! For anyone who has read my previous blogs posts before, you know that I have anxiety and depression stemming from a pretty traumatic childhood, and exacerbated by a pretty shitty adulthood. Last year my depression and anxiety battered me pretty badly after finally seeing a specialist for my Chiari Malformation. Between [...]
Question 8
Since I am following a set list of questions from a writing journal, I will answer each question as truthfully as I can. I don't blame anyone for not taking a crack at this, and any of the more personal, ones. Today's question is: What do you most dislike about your appearance? I recently noticed [...]
Recovery
I know I go through long periods of time between blog posts, and I completely admit to it being my own fault. But here's the thing: Having an illness is lonely business. I have spent a lot of times in forums, groups, and therapy sessions having people inform me that either they, or I, were [...]
I Hate Valentine’s Day
I hate Valentine's Day. I really do. Don't get me wrong, I like that we symbolically sort of start the year off with a holiday about loving others, and who doesn't like after holiday sale candy? But the day itself? That dreadful, awful day? No. Never. And there's always two statements I hear when I [...]
