For some reason, depression and doubt swirl around my head and won't let me settle down for the evening. My brother's little dog is spending the weekend with us. She is so patient and and undemanding...and sweet and gentle.
Sometimes it seems I am chasing something that can never be caught. I try to "find myself" in... Read more
I had history of social anxiety and social phobia years before I actually became chronically psychotic. Now I can see that I tended to take little slights as total rejection and at the time did not understand how striving for approval actually kept me from getting ahead. Sometime popping my dad's valium would settle me down and mad it easier... Read more
I never went back to my therapist for a second visit. She had given me some insights, and they seem to be enough to keep me going for a while. Also, when I did see her, I remembered how she answers questions with analogies, rarely giving me a straightforward answer. Do all therapists do that? I mean, analogies are... Read more
Great Physician which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done to those with schizophrenia as is to those without. Give us this day our daily medication, and forgive us our noncompliance as we forgive others who are noncompliant. Lead us not into psychosis and deliver us from depression. For Thine is the kingdom, the... Read more