I have to share with you what happened this past Thursday. I made a terrible grade on my math test, the worse I had ever made. I was very upset. After talking to the teacher about it, I found out my mistake. After leaving, I almost didn’t go to my sign lesson with this Deaf […]
Acceptance is a biggie in my life. It is what keeps me going in my recovery – both mentally and in my recovery from alcoholism. I have to accept what life throws at me or I will end up relapsing. I found out yesterday morning that my mother was put in the nursing home Monday […]
I thought I would talk about co-occurring diagnosis today. I have been researching the topic in one of my psychology classes. The statistics are very high for the co-morbidity of mental illness and addiction such as alcoholism or drug addiction. According to NAMI information, the statistics are as high as 50%. Some of the research […]
I talked to the Chief Judge of the Speech Contest I particpated in a couple of weeks ago. I told you that I spoke about self-injuring. She is an extremely accomplished speaker. She gave me some suggestions for going to Area this next weekend. She said my speech gave her chills and blew her away. […]
I found a relatively new blog on mental health. It is found at http://www.uglypin.blogspot.com:80/ Go check it out. She is out to spread the awareness of the stigma and fight it. She has a newsletter you can sign up for and a pin you can get a wear. We all need to do our part in […]
Wednesday I gave a speech on self-injuring for Toastmasters. The difference for this speech is that it was for an International Contest. I had practiced a few times by reading it through. I hadn’t practiced as much as I normally do. It was a heavy topic for me as my friend has recently died from […]
There has been three suicides in my small town of 400 in the last two weeks. That is terrible. Suicide is a terrible way to die. The rates of suicide are increasing. The economy are causing people to give up hope and end their lives along with their families. What you leave behind is lasting […]
I took my GRE test Monday. It was hard. It took three hours with only a ten minute break after the writing session. I had taken a practice test at home. I scored rather poorly on the math section. I hit the books after that. On the test, I raised my score from 260 to […]
I have talked of this topic before. I am going to talk of it again. I lost my best friend the night before last because of cutting. She was cutting on her ankle and nicked a main artery in her leg. She bled to death. As I have said before, I know the deep intense […]
This is going to be a very stressful week. I have one week left to prepare for my GRE. GRE – Graduate Records Exam. I have to take this test to get into graduate school next fall. I am finishing up the classes this semester that I need, except for statistics to be ready to […]