Recent Posts: My Mental Trampoline
The Moments That Count
Written September 10, 2010 Last night I went to my grandmother’s bedside, it was late, the room was dimly lit. She lay in her hospital bed, lost amid a jumble of pillows and blankets. She is presently at home in palliative care making her way from this world to the next. She is dying. It […]
The Art of Weird
I come from a generation in which if you were weird you had to make a choice, hide it and blend in, or be out there and don’t look for acceptance. Be strong enough to own your weird, earn your acceptance through sheer force of will. They used to say “don’t dress weird unless you […]
A Trip to the Hospital – What to Pack
When you have finally made the hard decision to go into hospital you may be overwhelmed by your circumstances, emotions, and the tasks you are expected to complete. The best way to cut down on the number of concerns and tasks at hand is to be prepared. If you have a comprehensive list of items […]
How Do I Get To A “Safe” Place?
Getting to an immediate “safe” place may be as easy as dragging yourself step by step out of the room that you are experiencing your crisis in and into a safer place in your home. Make sure you avoid high risk areas like the kitchen, for instance. There are too many things you can harm […]
Trip to the Hospital – Admitting Yourself To Hospital
Now That You Have Realized You Need Help And Have Decided To Admit Yourself into Hospital It is imperative that you make this critical decision before you carry through with any plans to harm yourself or others. Try not to let your crisis get out of hand. It is very important when you are experiencing […]
Some Perceptions of Hospitalization
A person suffering from mental instability should not consider hospitalization a “dead end” result of bad behavior or a “last resort” destination. What I mean by “dead end” result is some people believe once they are in hospital they will wallow in their woes and stagnate. This is not true. Nor is it a place […]
Through The Hassle Castle’s Door Once More
This section applies to those who have been hospitalized once before or more: I was spending time on a hospital psyche ward over Christmas one year when I happened to meet a very animated and colorful personality who suffered from schizophrenia. She would sit and brood while she smoked these long cigarettes, her eyes would […]
A Trip to the Hospital – Part One
* Please remember all the information in the following statements is based purely on my own assumptions and opinions gained from my own personal experiences. Making the Difficult Decision of Whether or Not to Go Into Hospital This section applies to those facing admittance for the first time: The thought of hospitalization can be confusing […]
Are You Sick Enough To Consider Hospitalization?
Here are a few scenarios that may apply to your present circumstances. They are examples of certain situations a person may find herself/himself in that should be treated by hospitalization. If you are experiencing a severe emotional/mental health crisis and are an impending danger to yourself or pose a physical threat to others through your […]
Slicing or Other Self-Abusive Behavior
This is a most difficult subject to tackle because there is a lot of shame and social stigma connected to it. Many people, even fellow sufferers of mental disorders, find it hard to sympathize with or understand those who suffer these behavioral problems if they themselves have never experienced it. Sufferers of mental illness who exhibit this […]
Category Archives: Autoimmune disease
April 10, 2021
It is 6:39 AM and I just spent another sleepless night. Once I read the forecast for southeastern Manitoba the sleepless night made more sense. At 4:27 AM CDT Saturday 10 April 2021 a special weather statement was issued for … Continue reading
April 9, 2021
Good afternoon to my family and friends. Sitting at my desk in the den I am watching the rain clouds pass by without shedding a drop. The sun is trying to peak through the clouds but hopefully rain will win … Continue reading
March 26, 2021
It is almost the end of March. Our temperatures are still fluctuating too much which plays havoc with my old bones. All our snow was gone but it snowed overnight. We need several days of constant rain. The farmers are … Continue reading
February 21,2021
Don’t give up – remember Moses was once a basket case, too This has been an incredibly rough couple of weeks. My blood pressure has decided to go as high as 149/90 to as low as 60/40. When it is … Continue reading
February 9, 2021
Greetings from a very cold Manitoba. To begin my post today I will give you some idea about the weather conditions we have been facing since late last week. Friday, February 5th weather announcement included an extreme cold warning. It … Continue reading
January 6, 2021
Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia – Merry Christmas Christ is born. Wishing all my readers a Very Happy New Year. Today is Ukrainian Christmas Eve. Orthodox Christmas Eve is Jan. 6, with Christmas Day following on Jan. 7. The difference in date is down to the Orthodox Church … Continue reading
December 27, 2020
Christmas was different this year but we made the best of the restrictions. We had a great video chat with our grandson Benjamin and his partner Danika on Christmas Eve. They opened their gift during this chat and it was … Continue reading
December 18, 2020
Christmas is only seven days away. This will be a very different Christmas for our family and for all the other families in Manitoba. During the month of November, Steinbach, Manitoba with an approximate population of 15,000 people had the … Continue reading
December 9, 2020
December 2nd has become an important date in my life and I spend the day in reflection and in remembrance of all the wonderful and precious memories of my mom. My mom passed away on December 2, 2006. … Continue reading
November 9, 2020
Good evening readers. I want to take this opportunity to thank those of you who follow my blog. On November 5th I had my teleconference appointment with my liver specialist Dr. S. Wong. I am very fortunate and grateful … Continue reading
