Hospital Admission
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Perseverence Pays Off…
The last couple of weeks have been a blur. Lynn and I travelled home from Calgary…
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Getting a curve ball…
To say that October has not gone according to plan is … something of an understatement.…
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Remembering 9/11, its impact on my mental health journey
It seems almost fitting that the full moon last night was red. Twenty-one years ago, the…
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Stress test
It’s been a minute since I’ve had a chance to collect my thoughts and do a…
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A blank page…
Today is the first day of a new year, a blank page in a fresh chapter…
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A year out of hospital…an update…
I’ve fallen into a fairly steady rhythm with work and school over the last couple weeks.…
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Changing chapters…
It is time to close one chapter, and begin another; at least as far as school…
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Recognizing and adjusting…
Mentally and emotionally, I feel hung over. The last couple of weeks have been challenging, but…
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Struggling with sleep…
I think one of the biggest reasons being admitted to hospital helps as much as it…
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Comfort and growth…
I’ve said before that the only constant in life is change. Dr. M and I connected…
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Progress with reasonable goals…
Today has been fairly quiet on the home front. I finished up an article for my…
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Good and bad…
The ride-along I was supposed to be doing with our local ambulance crew didn’t end up…
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Busy with goals…
Our theatre performance has finished for another year. With my involvement in practises running since January…
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Heroes
I’m feeling the love today. My Facebook page has blown up with birthday well-wishes, and I…
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downtime and gratitude
My first full day home was productive, if not overly busy. I ended up spending a…
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Gratitude, growth, and future plans
I’m home after nearly two weeks in hospital. My moods are definitely mixed with this admission.…
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Admission update: Figuring out how to feel.
Well, after a week, I finally had the opportunity to see Dr. M again. He had…
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July 1, a retrospective on the first six months of 2019.
At the half way point of the year, I find myself reflecting on the trials our…
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“Who Dares Wins”
This is an older post that I started but abandoned before publishing. I finished it today.…
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Content Warning; My story next steps and suicide attempt
After I left the ambulance in the fall of 2013, I was in a tailspin. I…