Saturday, May 25, 2013

Tabby's Posts

Battling life and depression while living

I did so not want to go to work today. In fact, I've been fighting going to work for nearly a week now. Each morning I must berate myself to get up and go and while there, I keep mumbling to myself how I just want to go home. Part of it is the depression that I'm still battling and the other part is, that the job truly is part-time with little to... Read moreChevron

The 3 H's: Horrifically, Horrendously and Hideously

Warning ahead... it's Tabby whining.  That is what others have called it, it is what it is - then... whining.   A job ad was posted in early April for a Medical Insurance Specialist, located nearer to my home than the job I was working for, at that time.  The ad said that the person would work unpaid/denied/rejected claims and... Read moreChevron

folks forget I'm ill too & often do not believe

Seriously... I must be so f**$$g good at faking it to make it.  Folks seemingly forget I TOO am mentally ill.   My older sis, for whom years ago was to have me committed and ECT treatments ordered to be rendered upon my brain.. while social services removed my only child from my husband's care, because she (daughter) was unsafe to be... Read moreChevron

Mind Battles...

So, you are a human being with a mentally ill mind.  Do you know what it is to engage in mind battles?   You want to get up and go outside, for it's a beautiful Spring day.  You feel the want to go outside and enjoy the sunlight and fresh air.  Yet, at the exact same time - your mind is screeching... Read moreChevron

That, which makes my heart sing, even for a few seconds

i love love love to hear the "little" birds singing and chirping in the very early morning light... little "happy" sounds, really.reminds me of my observation, some years ago... of the little birds who sing due to being grateful to see and feel the morning light. some nights... when things are so black and heavy and I feel that I cannot hold out... Read moreChevron