Category Archives: Mental Health

The Fifth Of Five Lists: My Brain Injuries

The Fifth Of Five Lists: My Brain Injuries: One of the most important tools to my recovery has been lists. A year into my recovery I started making lists to sort out my memories, including embarrassing memories, favourite movies, friends … Continue reading

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My dreams have become disillusioned with my reality

This week I had a remarkable dream. It was 1992 and I was standing in front of my girlfriend, and we were arguing. …there were several times while we dated where I could barely scrape together the $1.50 in bus … Continue reading

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Stuff I did today (yesterday edition)

I’m trying to get this blog thing back on track… so it’s back to blogging basics. This is some of the stuff I did today (which is now yesterday)… most of this is chronologically random. I cooked for myself. It … Continue reading

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My grandmother apologizes then spends twenty minutes telling me why she’s not sorry

My grandmother has apologized for her behaviour last February. We met at a local restaurant, and she did it right after the waitress took my lunch order. Ten months ago she attacked me for having had a baby with my … Continue reading

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Losing the routine that saved me from manic depression

This analogy will not be perfect, but might make a decent movie review. “History of Violence” is a movie by Canadian director, David Cronenberg. Viggo Mortensen plays Tom Stall, a middle aged man living a quiet life in a small … Continue reading

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Suddenly there were people

If you ever have the opportunity to meet someone you blog with, I’d recommend meeting them for a shawarma. My girlfriend and I needed some time away from the village, and she had been having shawarma cravings for weeks, so … Continue reading

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