Category: Mental Wellness & Mind Games

I have never felt the need to be secretive that I see a therapist.  The ‘stigma’ with seeking therapy is not as prevalent as it used to be, but it’s not completely gone.  But that discussion will have to wait for a future blog post. What I want to talk about now is the particular…

I’ve experienced something recently that overwhelmed me to the point where I wanted to give up.  My response to all these yucky feelings was to chuck everything I had been working so hard on with an attitude of “What’s the point?”.  I spent a week in this haze.  Numbing my pain with fast food, laying…

I’m really looking forward to something happening at the end of the month.  Am I excited and happy that it will be happening soon? No.  I’m whiney and unhappy that it isn’t happening soon enough.  This ungrateful impatience relates well to the pandemic we are all wading through right now.  Some are upset, even depressed,…

I was playing a board game with some friends the other day.  The game was Risk.  I instinctively rolled my eyes when they decided on it.  Even though I have never played this game, I knew enough to know it was strategy-based.  I don’t like strategy games. For many years I have held the opinion…

My home state of Texas is officially open, however, there are a ton of people still staying close to home.  After spending a couple of months stuck at home with your significant other, I imagine that the “fun” has worn off.  In fact, more than likely, you are somewhere between being irritated with them to…