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August 18, 2020August 18, 2020therippleeffect70x7

Today

I have been off work for the last three weeks, and today is my last bit of freedom before returning. It has been a mental health vacation. No pay, just relief from the stresses of retail life in this Covid-infected year. Today I am taking inventory. How am I doing, really? Have I made progress […]

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June 22, 2020therippleeffect70x7

Self-care Deficiencies

One of the byproducts of childhood sexual abuse is the self-care piece. It’s paying attention to and investing in good health and practices. I am legendary for not taking care of myself, whether its minding what I eat and drink to simple health maintenance. Today I am living with a very specific issue and that […]

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September 9, 2019therippleeffect70x7

The Beginning of the Journey

I appreciate the encouragement to write.  I keep writing here as I can but to do something more serious, such as a book, isn’t possible at this point. I live everyday under enormous weight. Just to stand takes an unbelievable amount of strength. Not bragging or whining, just saying. I still struggle mightily with the […]

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April 30, 2019May 1, 2019therippleeffect70x7

Self-Care…Just Do It! **UPDATE**

Today/Tomorrow is a most dreaded of self-care days. It was a full seven years ago that I had my first colonoscopy, not a fun experience! First the fast, second the solution. I was presented with a gallon jug replete with an orange flavored granulated substance. Once willed with water it was required that I drink […]

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April 16, 2019April 16, 2019therippleeffect70x7

What?

UPDATE: I have a little below average hearing for my age and the tinnitus is permanent. I have to get used to it.   Yep, today I see the audiologist, I have been experiencing some tinnitus, that’s ringing in the ears. I get a constant static sound and with it a pitched ring. It is […]

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April 12, 2019April 12, 2019therippleeffect70x7

Personal Status Report

I write a lot, and I am all over the place emotionally, psychologically, so I thought it appropriate to keep it real for a few words. I feel I am fairly well-balanced today and not in a place to purely wax morbidly. My overall outlook is still in the negative. If it were shown in […]

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Recent Posts

  • Been Awhile December 7, 2020
  • Confused November 27, 2020
  • Feedback Received September 19, 2020
  • I Can’t Believe September 11, 2020
  • Understanding Depression August 30, 2020
  • I Should Have Been Aborted August 23, 2020
  • Today August 18, 2020
  • Civil Tone Please? August 13, 2020
  • I Had a Dream August 6, 2020
  • Pause Button August 3, 2020
  • The Big 60 July 26, 2020
  • Summer Fantasy July 13, 2020
  • Self-care Deficiencies June 22, 2020
  • The Latest News Cycle June 19, 2020
  • Long-Term Depression June 14, 2020
  • The Stuff June 9, 2020
  • Searching for… June 3, 2020
  • Don’t Wanna Feel May 31, 2020
  • It is This Month May 24, 2020
  • Slipping into Neutral May 18, 2020
  • Course Correction May 11, 2020
  • A Day in my Drama of Life May 8, 2020
  • My Thoughts of a Pandemic World April 20, 2020
  • Psalm 51 Lifestyle March 22, 2020
  • Your Opinion Needed! March 3, 2020
  • Why Aren’t They New? February 26, 2020
  • Is Transparency a Weakness? February 24, 2020
  • In the Meantime February 24, 2020
  • Directional Recalibration February 18, 2020
  • Turning the Corner February 13, 2020
  • Functioning with Mental disease February 11, 2020
  • Justice, Judgement, Mercy and Forgiveness February 10, 2020
  • Another shelf February 3, 2020
  • Keep Waiting January 25, 2020
  • Time to hit the Starting Blocks January 15, 2020
  • Subsistence: My Mental Health Journey January 13, 2020
  • Special Thanks To You January 12, 2020
  • Maintenance Day Song Lyrics January 8, 2020
  • Maintenance Days January 7, 2020
  • New Year, New Hope? December 31, 2019
  • Christmas Realities December 24, 2019
  • The River December 18, 2019
  • Grrr. December 17, 2019
  • Emergence December 10, 2019
  • Songs That Speak The Truth December 6, 2019
  • Is There Something I should Be Doing? December 3, 2019
  • A Meaningful Life November 28, 2019
  • It Takes as Long as it Takes November 23, 2019
  • You? I? November 11, 2019
  • Why is it…? November 11, 2019
  • Split Seconds November 11, 2019
  • Guilt-free Relaxation November 6, 2019
  • When You’re Tired of Running October 29, 2019
  • Seclusion October 24, 2019
  • Stand Still October 18, 2019
  • In The Shadows October 17, 2019
  • Fading Into Oblivion October 11, 2019
  • Lost My Motivation October 4, 2019
  • Pardon my Faux Pas September 30, 2019
  • Returning to a Civilized Existence September 30, 2019
  • The Art of the Deposition September 28, 2019
  • Coming to a Close September 24, 2019
  • The Burden September 23, 2019
  • Words September 22, 2019
  • Self-Destruct September 21, 2019
  • My Flaw to this Point September 20, 2019
  • The Failure of the Mental Health System September 19, 2019
  • It Went Sideways September 18, 2019
  • I am Sad Today September 16, 2019
  • Mental Health Documentary September 16, 2019
  • It’s Important to Clarify Some Things September 13, 2019
  • The Music was Silenced September 12, 2019
  • The Memorial that Moves Forward September 11, 2019
  • Anxiety at Any Time September 11, 2019
  • Lets Briefly Talk about Suicide September 9, 2019
  • The Beginning of the Journey September 9, 2019
  • The Unknown September 7, 2019
  • Update #…I don’t Know! September 6, 2019
  • Hope of Life September 4, 2019
  • Back in the Saddle September 2, 2019
  • Update August 30, 2019
  • Depression Isolates You August 27, 2019
  • When Depression Descends August 27, 2019
  • Too Many Chances? August 26, 2019
  • The Core August 25, 2019
  • Existentialimits August 23, 2019
  • My (our) New Normal August 22, 2019
  • A Very Important Thank You August 21, 2019
  • Whom am I Trying to Convince? August 21, 2019
  • Mitigating Circumstances August 21, 2019
  • Backed into a Corner August 20, 2019
  • The Financial Side of Mental Illness August 17, 2019
  • What it Feels Like August 16, 2019
  • A Look into the Mind of Mental Illness August 16, 2019
  • So Now You’re The Judge? August 14, 2019
  • An Emotional Moment August 12, 2019
  • The American So-Called Dream August 9, 2019
  • Rebuilding That Junker August 7, 2019
  • Read This Article, Excellent! August 5, 2019
  • Hell Yes I am Angry August 5, 2019
  • Mental Illness is Real! August 5, 2019
  • There is a Road that Leads too… August 4, 2019
  • The Consistency of Inconsistency August 3, 2019
  • A Series of Unrelated Thoughts-my Apologies in Advance! August 1, 2019
  • Paranoia Kills August 1, 2019
  • No August 1, 2019
  • Airport Therapy July 31, 2019
  • 267.5 July 30, 2019
  • 30% July 30, 2019
  • Am I Entertaining You? July 29, 2019
  • Living Inside a Bubble July 29, 2019
  • The Nagging Feeling July 28, 2019
  • Euroclydon July 26, 2019
  • Flying July 26, 2019
  • News Flash! July 25, 2019
  • You Stole My Love July 25, 2019
  • In Your Neighborhood July 25, 2019
  • Wrapping Up July 23, 2019
  • In the Balance July 19, 2019
  • Back in for Treatment July 16, 2019
  • Justifying Mental Disease July 16, 2019
  • What’s The Point? July 12, 2019
  • Ever-present July 8, 2019
  • Sorry, but No Forgiveness For You! July 8, 2019
  • Choose Wisely, Grasshopper July 1, 2019
  • We Are Many July 1, 2019
  • the rip[ple] effect June 27, 2019
  • Unexplainable June 26, 2019
  • This is No Life June 25, 2019
  • There’s Nothing Worse June 24, 2019
  • A Little Something for the Drama Free Crowd June 22, 2019
  • I am Not a failure, but that doesn’t Make me OK June 21, 2019
  • Can you Comprehend an Entire Life? June 18, 2019
  • When You’re Right June 18, 2019
  • Understanding June 17, 2019
  • Conflicted June 14, 2019
  • Betrayal, the Gift that Keeps on Giving June 13, 2019
  • Not inherently Positive June 13, 2019
  • Continuation June 13, 2019
  • Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide June 12, 2019
  • I Shoulda Stopped Chewing on those Guitar Knobs June 12, 2019
  • Why I Left The Church June 12, 2019
  • Al Mohler: The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention June 12, 2019
  • Southern Baptists meet; endorse steps against sex abuse June 12, 2019
  • Living in the Age of Feelings June 11, 2019
  • In The Moment June 10, 2019
  • Cadet’s rape conviction reversal panned by victim advocates June 8, 2019
  • Petra only got half way There June 7, 2019
  • Thankful for… June 5, 2019
  • When it all Falls Apart June 5, 2019

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