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I've never successfully maintained a blog for any extended period of time. However, because I am a sufferer of mental health problems, I feel it is my duty to at least attempt to share my situation and help to do my part (all be it ever so small) to edge our society away from stigmatizing us.

I don't know how well I'll do chronicling my daily struggles here, but I'll certainly be committed to giving it my best shot. Along the way, if it only assists even just one person, any fallout will be worth it and, at the end of the day, if there's comfort / support / aid / whatever to be had, it'll definitely make life better for me as well.

Sometimes just knowing you're not alone is enough. Here you are most emphatically not and if you ever need someone to only listen, please feel free to email me. Because I'm glad you've stopped by and you are always welcome. Via this, maybe we can all make it to a brighter, more functional day. So read on my brothers and sisters....




Forever peace,

Kemi~
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Ode to a Baby Bunny

Posted 31st May 2009 at 08:51 AM by joyfool (Halo of Whys)
Giraffiti bunny, husband

Night before last we let our mutts out to go potty in the backyard when we heard this high-pitched noise. Many of their toys make the same squeaky sound so I just assumed that somehow one had made it outdoors with them.

Lo and behold though, I realized they were fighting over it much more than they normally do and when I went to investigate, it moved!

It was a itsy bitsy brown baby bunny, no bigger than the palm of my hand and now s/he had been injured by my overzealous...
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Anxiety Sucks

Posted 27th May 2009 at 02:52 PM by joyfool (Halo of Whys)
Giraffiti anxiety, depression

And I'm down again. I'm not sure why or what I'm doing wrong (for example, I've stuck to my 'routine' today and put in a couple of hours at the Senior center), so what I need to improve, or how, is escaping me at the moment.

I feel like I need a life overhaul, but that's what I just had through the outpatient program. If only there was some way to completely reboot my system, I'd be on board with that no matter what the cost (like say, ECT or what-have-you).

Now...
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I Lived in the Moment and I Liked It!

Posted 24th May 2009 at 08:34 AM by joyfool (Halo of Whys)
Giraffiti down time, relaxation

And the taste of its cherry Chapstick.

For anyone who reads my blog knows, I have a really difficult time dealing with life in the spaces in between activities. Well, I've been working really hard to change that and, for small moments, it looks like I'm rising to the challenge and they haven't completely been getting me down.

However, I've never tried to tackle an entire day of nothingness. Until yesterday.

You see, the husband is off work until...
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History Can't Repeat Itself

Posted 21st May 2009 at 02:54 PM by joyfool (Halo of Whys)
Giraffiti after care, relapse

So I've been extremely down the last couple of days and I figured the best way to put a cap to it was to purge it here and just amply warn everyone that some mopey-ness lies ahead.

You've been forwarned.

First the background....

In the middle of 2002, I had a forced 'period of wellness.' Don't ask me how it happened, but I wasn't on any medication, nor was I under any psychiatric care. However, I started feeling better and better to the point...
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A Bunch of Thanks to My Blog Readers

Posted 19th May 2009 at 02:53 PM by joyfool (Halo of Whys)
Giraffiti readers, thank you

For those who read and post, those who read regularly, those who check in periodically and those who just dropped by....




You guys make this an easy thing to do and give me the courage to face another day, all the while keeping up the good fight. Without each of you, there'd be no blog. I thank each of you for making this possible.


Hugs,

Kemi~...
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