My world crashed down around me
A few years ago I moved into the city. It’s my first city. I grew up on a ranch. We had some acreage and there were trails, trees, ponds and streams I played in. To call my dad in for lunch we might have to yell at him far across the way or try to […]
Hi Friend! The last few days have been busy and yeah, stressful. Last night I got unreasonably angry. I’m glad that I can finally, usually, recognize runaway moods and pamper them. Fires 2 nights ago it was warm, finally, so we had all the windows open. As usual I was last to bed, when my […]
Overthinking. Ruminating. Ponder. Muse. Ruminant – to chew the cud. Meditate. To chew again, over and over. Brood. Reflect. Contemplate. Excogitate. Overthink. Ruminate. As far back as I can remember I’ve been paralyzed by something so strange, so alien to me, that I didn’t recognize it for what it was. When I thought (and still struggle with thinking) that I […]
It is easy to say, “I haven’t been sleeping well for the last week.” It is less easy to give people, even medical people, a snapshot of exactly what the brain (my brain at least) is doing… while it isn’t sleeping. I’ve not slept over two hours at a time for the last four nights. […]
