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World Mental Health Day
ByCherylToday is World Mental Health Day. It is a day that started in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health as an awareness program to bring attention to the effects of mental illness worldwide. The World Federation for Mental Health has members in 150+ countries. In honor of the day, I am going hit…
Why Can’t My Special Needs Kid Be Like Your Special Needs Kid?
ByCherylIs it awful to say that I’m jealous of some other special needs moms? Being a parent of any special needs child is a struggle – I know that but I look around at other moms in my immediate peer group and think, “why can’t my kid be more like yours?” Please don’t get me…
I’m Nobody, Who Are You?
ByCherylI’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us? Don’t tell! They’d advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody! How public – like a Frog – To tell one’s name – the livelong June – To an admiring Bog! This is one of…
Finding the Good in Yourself
ByCherylFinding the good in yourself can be hard if you are in the throes of a mental disorder. It is so easy for us to give in to the negative self-talk about ourselves when fighting our mental illness. Yet it is so important for us to remember our worth and to practice self-love during these…
Depression and Emotional Numbness
ByCherylDepression comes with a host of symptoms – lack of energy, sleeplessness, changes in diet, sense of guilt or hopelessness, etc. Many feel an overwhelming sense of despair while depressed. There is a sense of drowning in a sea of emotion. Some don’t feel anything at all. This is called emotional numbness. Numbness can encompass…
Disney Update
ByCherylWe have returned from our trip to Disney. I wish I could say that it was the truly world changing, mind-lifting event I was so hoping I would be. For all the planning I did where Ry was concerned, I forgot one other major component – me and my depression. It’s no secret that I’ve…