Anxiety

Is it possible to learn to live with anxiety?

Depression

How do you get out of bed, when depression hits?

PTSD PTSS

Suffering from PTSS?

Insomnia

Troubles sleeping?

Total Mental Breakdown

All of them? Total Mental Breakdown

Go to sleep 6 - The Bedroom

What makes a good bedroom?

A good nights sleep is the best cure

I couldn't fall asleep last night - and getting more and more annoyed by that, I expected a really bad day today.

But somehow I must have fallen asleep, and had a great sleep in fact. I didn't last for long, 4-5 hours the most, but it was enough to make me feel much better.

The sound of... Hospital

Could you all please SHUT THE FUCK UP.

I'm sitting in a waiting room, listening to the shuffling of shoes against the floor, sometimes steps from hard heals walking, disappearing. 

Home from the Hospital

Moms surgery went fine but took a lot longer than expected.

I'm so stressed out, I'm wearing my feelings so exposed, that any little spark might make me ignite.
I couldn't get me feelings off my chest, my phone was already running low on power, so one of my "escapes" like writing, was out of the option.

I'm so tried I'm about to collapse, I can't even proof read, but I think my blog-manager will accept this anyway. I really need to try to shake that feeling of Hospital off me, so TTYL.

Going to the hospital with mom - again

"Are you going with me to the hospital?"
Sigh, now they can use me.

Last year at Christmas there was one excuse, but at New Years Eve she would come. And she did.

Then of course she cancelled at Christmas again this year, but wanted to come at New Years Eve. 
And then she cancelled New Years Eve. 

Wonderful.

Off day - go away

One thing I love about 1st of January... Nobody does anything. 
And then I'm suddenly the most active of all! :-)

No, I enjoy this day feeling all the stress leaving the body.
And there's a lot of stress to drain, Christmas and New Year guests and visits is a true challenge for people like us.

Happy New Year or what?

It's always with both sentimentality feelings and hope (and a pinch of fear) I celebrate  New Year.

When we're sick, we all know, what we hope for. 

But after so many years, I'm scared to hope for better times. I've been disappointed each time, so why hope?

Go to sleep 5 - The bed

After Christmas I realized, that maybe lack of sleep its not only caused by mental illness or insomnia.

Some people can sleep anywhere!
Even leaning against a tree or resting on the floor in Frankfurt Airport!
I can't! 

Go to sleep 4 - Close your eyes and watch a movie

Sometimes thoughts can be pounding around in my head so bad, I don't even get to finish the first thoughts, before the next is interfering.

When I can't get rid of the pink elephant in the room, I can't fly with Peter Pan, it's impossible for me to focus.

Merry Christmas with mixed feelings

I know, there's a Christmas break in my writing, but as everybody else, I have been very busy, a bit stressed and confused.

Go to sleep 3 - Go Flying with Peter Pan

I'm sure "the wise men" would put this method into a box and label it dissociation, meditation or another -ion. 

In this case; does it really matter(?)

Go to sleep 2 - Nature medicin

Not everything is better, because it has passed a laboratory during production. 
Actually I can't imagine why it should be better "served this way." The opposite seems more likely.

Go to sleep 1 - Medication

I haven't been able to sleep for a while now, so when my methods is not working for me, I change it to another. 

What options do I have(?)
Sleep medication seems to be a common choise, so let's get that discussion done as the first task, to get that out of our system. 

When depression hits

Depression and anxiety often goes hand in hand.

We talk about depression a lot, like it was just a state of mind: " oh I feel so depressed today."

Oh you do, do you? No you actually don't, cause when you say it like that, you have not the faintest idea of what depression means or feels like.