A Busy Mind is a Sleepless Mind
It’s been a long day already and it’s not yet 5am. I have been up since midnight and was drifting in and out of sleep […]
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Listening to Myself
Yesterday was indeed a hot day. I managed to keep the house relatively cool with fans and thankfully, I fell asleep at night okay, which […]
The Interplay Between Chronic Depression and Chronic Pain
It’s a drizzly Saturday morning, and slated to be a very rainy day. By 3:30am, I had washed all my bedding and my pillow, showered, […]
Working Hard
This week went much faster than the previous few, which felt unusually slow. I think it wasn’t so much that this week was different from […]
Preparing to See My Doctor
I have my check-up with my PCP later this morning. I’ve been anxious about it for weeks because there are issues I need to discuss […]
Punctuality is Too Much to Ask For
I was firing on all feisty cylinders yesterday at the mental health center where I go for therapy. It started with the long-standing pattern of […]
World Peace
It’s another hot day. It’s already nearly 80 degrees and it’s 4:30am. Yesterday hit 100 here with a “feels like,” according to weather.com, of 108. […]
Making Tough Decisions
I spent most of yesterday actively trying to fend off a bad mood. The morning was a rainy deluge and so I couldn’t go outside […]
Wrangling My Brain Around Its Autistic Special Interests
I did indeed sleep better last night. It certainly wasn’t a night to brag about in terms of sleep “performance,” but compared to Tuesday night, […]
Therapy: Discovering and Working Through Problems
It was extra difficult to sleep last night because of the heat and humidity. The air temperature reached 96 in the afternoon here, and it […]