coming out from under the covers

depression bipolar autism mamikaze

I’m going to keep this short. It’s not sweet but it’s getting better. I am battling an upswing, weight gain from medication, and an impromptu extended role as single parent. Add in the normal hustle and bustle of our run-around life, I’m beat. I have been in the doldrums. I’ve been in an overstimulated spin [...]

World Mental Health Day 2012 : depression hurts and there is help

World Mental Health Day

For centuries, depression has been marginalized all over the world. Everyday desperately sad people are told to put their chin up and think happy thoughts. This is not Peter Effing Pan, people.  I live it everyday. I have a team of medical professionals, friends and family who are committed to making sure I don’t fall into the [...]

The writing on the wall

mamikaze family

Stick to your guns. Put your foot down. Don’t be a doormat. Shit. I didn’t. I have been lulled into passive agressive codependent interactions. I keep holding on to the sweet way he said he would try harder to learn about the nature of my conditions. I let my guard down. We just passed our [...]

Home shopping special needs style

home shopping special needs

We need a bigger house. Four people, two dogs and two cats is too much for 1100 square feet. It’s gotten to the point that when Fluffy shakes off her stuff after school onto the living room floor we don’t have any space to walk in any longer. A regular ole pile of laundry to [...]

Crocheting like a mother

yarn bin

Oh hai blog! It’s been a long time. Life gets in the way. Business is going well. Home life as work in progress as ever. I’ve come a long way in therapy. A new psychiatrist and a new therapist have helped me get out of the valley of depression. I have gotten better at heading [...]