depression

You Are Never Alone (Mental Matters, Part 2)

September 4, 2011

I've had a draft post started as an update to my last "Mental Matters" post where I talked about my history of depression, anxiety and plan of seeking more assistance for it. It's languished in my "drafts" folder for two weeks as I simply didn't want to write anymore about having depression. It's painful to ...

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Mental Matters

May 3, 2011

It's about to get serious up in here, y'all! Super personal, and probably very long. Today, something really hit me and I wanted to share it because I'm not sure how much I've really talked about this with much candor. I had an "aha moment" and it happened while in the waiting room of my psychiatrist ...

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Coming out of the dark

04.06.2011

No, I’m not channeling the old Gloria Estefan song, although whenever I see that phrase, “coming out of the dark,” I must sing it in my head ala Mz Estefan. But I digress. I am pretty flabbergasted (in a good way) with all of the comments I received on my last post about not being able …

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Cleaning House

01.20.2011

Not in the mood for a “deep” post? Maybe you should skip this one ;) Seriously though, I share these thoughts because I really don’t think I’m alone. Is it scary opening up? Sure. But could it help me plus others to do so? Yup. So share I do… Hands down the hardest part of this …

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Whining, not winning

11.21.2010

I typically dislike whiners. Usually, I’m of the opinion of “stop whining, start doing.” But today, I’m a whiner. Really, the past two weeks have been kind of whiny for me. For what I’m eating (and not eating) and how I’m exercising, I expect more from my body, not a zero and a 1 pound …

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Firework

11.15.2010

This is totally random, and most people will be like “huh? What happened to this blog?” but I just wanted to post this video. For some reason I’ve been really emotional, anxious and downright high-strung recently (even more so than usual). Throughout my life, I’ve had acceptance issues: with friends, strangers, coworkers, whatever. No matter …

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You don’t know me

09.27.2010

I have been in a funk the past couple of days. Nothing major, just not feeling so peppy. Something that I experienced while I was traveling last week was insecurity. Insecurity on the airplanes, in meetings, etc. The thing about insecurity is that it all had to do with my weight, not with my abilities. You see, …

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Sing a sad song…

08.30.2009
Depression

I know a lot of bigger Emmie’s out there have struggled with depression. Hell, fat or skinny, a lot of people deal with it daily. I’ve dealt with it for a long, long time. I was put on my first anti-depressent (Paxil) when I was 14.  I assembled a row of bottles of asprin, tylenol …

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