December 2009
my tumblarity is at 0.
That means I’ve been slacking, apparently.
Christmas was the most memorable it has ever been for me. This year, my dad felt inspired to help out Cassie’s family. They have had a difficult time financially, this year especially. Her family was doing homemade gift exchange. We surprised them by putting a giant box of chocolates and an envelope with $150 American Express gift cards...
Phantom Hands
We are the lonely remnants of scattered dreams. The phantom hands rubbing forgotten backs and the flashes of eyes through the night. Smiling or laughing red with tears hanging from the lids. Too heavy to stay too scared to jump. We are the missing pieces of broken pictures. There is not enough air and I’ve not enough lungs to hold the sigh that relieves. The absent fingers tracing invisible lines...
“I know what it’s like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit...”
– Girl…Interrupted.
“Sometimes I wish I were six, and my biggest problem was what dress to wear”
– Unknown
The Depression Cure
Six steps:
Vitamin D supplements
Getting enough sleep
Socializing
Getting enough sunlight - (Google —> lightbox)
Omega 3 supplements
Don’t ruminate
I just got off the phone with my aunt Brooke. She suffers from depression as I do and has recently taken a new approach that steps away from the medication she has been on for eight years. I have been on Prozac for one year and by...
“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter....”
– Kurt Vonnegut - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
December.
Apparently depression is prone to getting worse during the winter months. That sucks for me. The thing about depression is that it isn’t something where you can just turn your mood around. I believe in science enough to understand that a chemical imbalance in my brain is not in my control to fix, only to treat. I’m still undecided about whether or not Prozac worth it. I lose a lot of...
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are...”
