When I was growing up our family regularly sat in the lounge room listening to The Goon Show. Starring Spike Millian, Peter Sellers, and Harry Seccombe. Spike was a British comedian, writer, poet, playwright, and actor. As we sat around the radio Dad would be slouched in his armchair choking with laughter tears running downContinue reading “Dad, Spike and I.”
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Accentuate the Positive
These past few weeks my life has been like a broken metronome. If you are unfamiliar with metronomes they are a device used by musicians to mark time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick thus helping them to keep a regular beat. When I was having piano lessons from about 10 to 14Continue reading “Accentuate the Positive”
Exercise Therapy
Yesterday I didn’t go to the pool because I had an appointment with my GP to look at x-ray scans of my right knee. Once I could see the pictures of the bones and read the radiographer’s report. I understood why my right knee is so painful. The bones crunch together all the time. Ouch!Continue reading “Exercise Therapy”
Resuming Normal Service Shortly
It’s important to stay positive whilst in the process of becoming well. Thoughts questioning when will I ever get well or will I ever get well are of no help whatsoever. However, they do pop up regularly and need to be addressed. Bipolar is a life long disorder but it is manageable with professional help.Continue reading “Resuming Normal Service Shortly”
Stay Calm
Over the last two days, I’ve been off-task, agitated and anxious. I couldn’t concentrate. I wasn’t remembering what I was doing or thinking. I was out of kilter, off-balance. It was, I imagined like having my brain being gnawed by insatiable white ants. Bees too were buzzing in my head. I thought maybe the insideContinue reading “Stay Calm”
The Truth about Depression
Depression for me is like looking through a fog. There is light but I can’t always see it because what I see first is the fog. Getting through the fog, to see the light needs a trained eye so one can see from another perspective. I want to refute in this post some of theContinue reading “The Truth about Depression”
Lies told by Depression
Serenity on the Karuah River NSW. I took this photo back in July. I wasn’ going to write this post because journaling has become almost a compulsion. Still, while it helps I’ll continue wearing my heart on my sleeve. Yesterday I wrote about how depression lies. Here are some more examples. Being alone is better. DepressionContinue reading “Lies told by Depression”
The Best Kind of Day — tbs2539
I stuffed around today to try and share the image below. Amazingly I kept my cool and only swore a little bit. Well, maybe a bit more than a little. Journaling/blogging whatever you want to call it has in the past and is now a cathartic activity. It’s a releasing of emotions a clearinghouse for […]Continue reading “The Best Kind of Day — tbs2539”
Reflection
If you reflect on your past experiences, you look at them once again thoughtfully. The posts I have written have been very beneficial to me. I usually write each day. I don’t know if daily posts will continue because it often takes a long time to write and can be emotionally all-consuming. I do hope I willContinue reading “Reflection”
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