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Shunning The Sun for The Storm

March 5, 2017 by Carrie @ poet in the pantry 1 Comment
Painting also kept me busy.

Four more days to go until I finally get in for my behavioral health appointment. It’s been a month of doing pretty much anything I could to keep my head above water. Knitting like crazy. I lost track, finally, of how many hats I made, and even moved on to knitting one with some gorgeous … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, Mental Health Tagged: life, mental health

Adjusting

February 14, 2017 by Carrie @ poet in the pantry 3 Comments
more blood work

Friday was my first full day on meds, thanks to winter finally arriving Thursday and trapping me at home. Remembering to take this drug twice a day, that drug once a day, plus an iron supplement at some point, and my Zyrtec somewhere in there, too, is a tad…much. So I am currently utilizing the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, Mental Health Tagged: anxiety, chronic pain, depression, life, mental health

And Then, I Broke…

February 10, 2017 by Carrie @ poet in the pantry 12 Comments
Does Olaf really give warm hugs?

I was well on my way to breaking for months now. With the cocktail of medications I was prescribed for treating my chronic pain and muscle spasms in my lower back and left leg, my head had become quite…out of sorts. I’ve become less social, knowing I don’t always have the energy to fake the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, Mental Health Tagged: anxiety, chronic pain, depression, life, mental health

When The Demons Appear, There Is No Hope

October 9, 2015 by Carrie @ poet in the pantry 3 Comments
Struggling with Demons, aka Depression

The last few days are lost on me. They slipped by, unrecognizable in my hazy gaze, obscured by the fog in my head that would not let me see the world for what it is, but only as that dark, heavy presence pressing down on me. I was stuck in the demons’ grasp and the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, Mental Health Tagged: depression, life, mental health

Depression, Again

April 13, 2014 by Carrie @ poet in the pantry 10 Comments
perfect river scene

I know there’s been a bit of an echo here during the last week and I apologize. It just happened to be one of those weeks when the joy in life was sucked right out of me and I was barely treading water to keep my head from submerging. I had no energy left for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, Mental Health Tagged: depression, life, mental health

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