Tag: anxiety

• Changes: why my voices have been quiet

  In January, everything changed. Sure, we rolled over to the halfway through the decade, and the new year, but more than that, my family experienced a major life event. Not a birth, not a death, but a ‘major mental health crisis’. Respecting the privacy of my family, I will not really say much more than…

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  April 1, 2025

  50×50, Countdown, depression, Musings, Writing Break

  anxiety, depression, depression lies, family, health, illness, life, mental health

• Memory #3: Choosing Life

  I alluded to a previous suicide attempt without saying there was an attempt back in Memory #24. Well, I wish I could say the darkness ended there. It did not, though I did really well at curbing and dealing with those feelings. Not to toss stats around but… In Canada, men and boys have higher…

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  July 11, 2024

  Memories

  anxiety, counseling, depression, depression lies, family, health, let’s talk, life, Memories, mental health, mental illness, phone a friend, reach out for help, share the burden, suicide, take care of yourself, trigger warning

• Memory #24: Darkness

  I don’t remember when it started, it just always seemed to be there. Many would say I was generally pretty happy, but I think we become very good at putting on a ‘face’ to the world. We have expectations placed upon us that we must live up to, no matter the cost. I was expected…

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  June 19, 2024

  Memories

  anxiety, depression, family, health, life, Memories, mental health, sadness, trigger warning, Writing