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Mental Health

Having to do with my mental health journey, or what I have learned about mental health.

Trouble with Things

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I have an extremely hard time doing two or more “big things” in one day, especially if I’m wholly responsible for getting them done, and even more especially if they involve leaving the apartment. This means, typically, appointments, shopping trips, any [currently theoretical] shifts at work, any significant cleaning tasks, they all get their… Read More »Trouble with Things

Spark

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. I’ve been reflecting on my creative output over the last year. Yes, we put out an EP and we planned and executed a release event. But as far as writing, which I consider kind of a core aspect of my personality and sense of self, I only wrote about 30 non-EP blog posts, and I don’t think I finished a single… Read More »Spark

Christmas Makes Me Cry

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. I really like Christmas music. It’s probably my favourite (genre-crossing) “genre.” I like the sleigh bells and the half-diminished chords and the general preoccupation with nostalgia. I like the self-indulgent arrangements just on principle. I like that Christmas songs pull at your emotions, especially because, at this time of year I tend to get a little1 overwhelmed and sometimes have the impression… Read More »Christmas Makes Me Cry

More Room in My Head

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. Leading up to the show, I had so many things on my mind – more than once I drew the comparison between organizing the show and planning a wedding, and I don’t think I was exaggerating as much as it might have sounded like I was exaggerating. My poor brain was packed full of details, most especially because this was our… Read More »More Room in My Head

HALLOWE’EN (Or, And now back to your regularly scheduled programming)

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. (Written mostly on Monday, Oct. 30) I love Hallowe’en. My “favourite holiday” is a bit of a moving target, but Hallowe’en often appears in the crosshairs. (Other contenders include the secular part of Christmas and also whichever one is coming up next.) I hate being scared. I really do. I take no joy in haunted houses, think jump scares are one… Read More »HALLOWE’EN (Or, And now back to your regularly scheduled programming)

Come Around

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. Our second single is now available for listening on the front page of our website, on our YouTube channel, and from major streaming services! Please have a listen and then, should you care to learn more about where the song comes from, come back here and read all about it! High school isn’t easy for anyone, wasn’t easy for me I… Read More »Come Around

Wholehearted

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. WHOLEHEARTED – give it all every time I give at allWHOLEHEARTED – wait and see just how easily I fallWHOLEHEARTED – make it clear if you’re never gonna call‘Cause I can’tPretend thatI’m not me – WHOLEHEARTEDLY Welcome to the behind-the-song coverage of our first single! Check out the song on the front page of our website or our YouTube channel (the… Read More »Wholehearted

Self-Compassion

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. For more information on self-compassion please (and please do) check out self-compassion.org I was introduced to the idea of self-compassion, via Dr. Kristin Neff’s 2013 TEDx Talk, by the psychologist I was seeing in the mid-2010s. I was struggling more then than I am now. I was also not in a great place, executive function-wise,1 and generally speaking, I figured that made… Read More »Self-Compassion

Upheaval

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. They say (somebody said, at least) that “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” In fact, I think no plan survives contact with anything outside the brain of the person planning. Sometimes my plans are dashed to bits before they even leave the relative safety of my own mind. This is why, despite great plans laid carefully time and time again,… Read More »Upheaval

Burden

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. CW: brief discussion of suicidal ideation This week I want to talk about what it feels like to be a burden even when the people in your life try to tell you that you’re not, and why it’s actually okay to be a burden sometimes. I’m telling you ahead of time where I’m going with this because I don’t want anyone… Read More »Burden