And Here I Thought It Was Only 2 Weeks!
Posted by: WordVixen in links, personal, updatesYes, I’ve been gone. Yes, I sorta have good reasons. Sorta. Lets just say that it started with some health/mental/emotional issues that haven’t entirely gone away yet, but also includes a huge bout of productivity as the issues lessened.
I read through the entire Hollywood Nobody series. I read Tuck (Not due out till January or February). I re-read the Katie Parker series. And now I’m re-reading the MissMatch/ReMatch/MatchPoint series. Yes, YA does an unstable mind good.
I’m also hard at work on my holistic nutrition blog, my sushi blog, my help the economy blog… Um… And I keep MEANING to work on my local site. Yanno what I mean? I just never get around to that one.
And since I told hubs that I was going to work on my novel tonight, I can’t write a good long post! In case you didn’t guess, I didn’t finish NaNo. Not even close. And I really just don’t think I want to freelance professionally. So I’m working hard on my own sites, and plan to get back into crafting and noveling again. Wish me luck! Prayers accepted too.
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Sounds like you’re doing better. Believe me, I know all about health/mental health/emotional issues!
I love that you’re reading YA! Hope mine gets published in the near future for you to read too.
Kudos on the healthy eating thing. I’ve tried and never stuck to it beyond 1 or 2 years. Carob doesn’t taste as good as the real chocolate, tofu? That’s not right!
I’ll have to check out your other blogs. Busy girl!
I’m doing better, but I’m having issues with the “why are we here, what’s my purpose beyond worship” stuff. But only sometimes.
The panic attacks and suicidal depression struck mid October and lasted for about 2 weeks. I couldn’t do ANYTHING. Out of nowhere. Then it started to lessen, but still had issues from about 7:30pm till about midnight. Now I still have minor anxiety and depression, particularly around that time of night, but I’m mostly functional now.
I’m still trying to figure out if it’s a spiritual attack, or if it’s SAD or hypothyroidism (blood tests normal, and doc won’t look farther than that), or what. I don’t want to go on happy pills for this because I KNOW there’s an underlying cause, and I want to find that first.
Believe me, I almost emailed you a few times, but didn’t want to bring you down if you were still struggling!
And don’t worry about the tofu. I found out that it’s bad for people with underperforming thyroid (all soy products are). Seriously! I’m trying to get a post together on goiterogenic foods for the nutrition blog. I actually want to try carob, but more as a supplement to my chocolate- not a substitute!
oh man I’m glad you’re doing better! I missed you. it sounds like you’ve had a rough time, let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.
p.s. watching people make tofu makes you never want to eat it again. ugh.
p.p.s. I’ve changed my identity so many times I hope you can still figure out who I am.
I started as a fish?
Well, I’m glad you’re back and doing somewhat better. They say blogging is good therapy, you know.
No, I don’t know who “they” are.
No, I haven’t really heard that.
But it sounds good, doesn’t it?
Hang in there!
Grace- Thank you.
Yeah, tofu tastes icky, and now I find that it’s bad for me? Definitely pass!
Wolf- Yeah, blogging about it might have helped a bit, but I really, really didn’t want to bring anyone down. But thanks for the support.
Sorry to hear about your hard month. Have you read Eric Maisel’s Van Gogh Blues? It deals specifically with why creative people are prone to depression and anxiety and how to deal with them. It helped me see more clearly.
Shauna- Thanks. No, I haven’t read it, but I have heard of it. Completely forgot about it though! Thanks for the reminder!
This may sound weird, but I’ve started eating seaweed (iodine- necessary for proper thyroid function) and that seems to be helping a bit. I may need to read that book though. It certainly makes sense when you think of all the suicidal poets, actors, artists, and musicians. You don’t hear it as often about, say, bankers.