#7 I’m Worried about my Job: Counting Down the Painful Top Ten

Have you experienced brain fog? It’s that mushy feeling in your mind making it hard to retrieve information, stay on task, form coherent sentences. When we are chronically stressed from taking care of our fragile kids, working through brain fog can be our best effort...

#8 I am Lonely- Counting Down the Painful Top Ten

Illness can be isolating, whether it is our own or in the family. The world narrows. Mental illness is no different and is sometimes harder to explain. When my kids were 14 and 12, I decided they were old enough to stay home without a parent for short periods of time....

#9 I am Confused: Counting Down the Painful Top Ten

Clinical Depression Depression with self-harm Depression with suicidal ideation Depression with psychotic features Major Depressive Disorder Major Depressive Disorder with disordered eating Major Depressive Disorder with Borderline Personality features Bipolar...

#10 People Don’t Understand- Counting Down the Painful Top Ten

“Boy, those teenage years can be tough, can’t they?” “Heh, heh, heh, Mark Twain said, ‘When a child turns 12, he should be kept in a barrel and fed through a hole, until he reaches 16…at which time you should plug the hole.’ “ “Kids are so over-medicated these days.”...