a Scarlet D
My mental health journey
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One of my side gigs is writing for money. It’s on Fiverr, and this specific gig is for pieces about Mental Health from a patient’s point of view. https://www.fiverr.com/share/PxlAj0
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I will preface this with the fact that this is a catch up post, and the latest “real” post is coming next. Started the emsam patch, an MAOI. It does not have the usual dietary restrictions, but any higher dose they switch me to will have them. It reads like my grocery list of favorite…
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I really love The Real Depression project. They’re very good at elucidating aspects of depression and anxiety.
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Rather than 50,000 words, I’m going with a summary before the content: Still feel broken, like crap. Slow and thick in the mind and body Getting the booster vaccine today, so tomorrow might suck IOP is frustrating me with it’s endless clichés and soothing voices I have that sadness in my chest that makes it…
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Another wonderful prompt from my therapist. I really need to post all of them. What is the biggest lie that you consistently tell yourself? Why do you continue to do this? My depression is the lying. I tell myself that my depression isn’t real.It’s laziness.It’s wanting attention, and it’s drama.I can just pick myself up…
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Today’s post is going to be a shit sandwich. Fun, good stuff on the outside, crap in the middle. I found an ancient Ande’s mint today and it was the first one I thought didn’t taste like nostalgia and happiness. It kept chasing me. I think it was haunted. When I disturbed it in it’s…
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It’s Halloween weekend. I’m writing this Sunday night, the night of the trick or treaters. Friday Friday was an off day, meaning no program in the morning and no appointments. Which is actually a rarity. I got up late-ish. Vertigo at a 4/10, sometimes rising to 7/10. Mind blurry in the morning but clearing by…
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I’m going to write up something more complete about how the Ketamine has been going. In short – well. I am going once a week now, but when I was going three times a week I saw a noticeable improvement in mood. As I said, more on that later. The tl;dr of this post is…
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My therapist and I have decided that she will give me a writing prompt once a week, and we’ll use that as a starting point on certain topics. I may share some of them here. This prompt was: When a public figure dies, it can sometimes feel like a personal loss to us. Describe your…
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In order to read the semicolon posts in order, –> click this link right here <– I am writing this anonymously, so if you know me on social media, please don’t link me to it. However, you are more than welcome to post the link to the introduction (same as above) as much as you…
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