Category: OOC

  • EXPeriencing: [My] Depression

    EXPeriencing: [My] Depression

    Emo cover photo via. Everyone experiences mental health issues differently. I have depression. But that in no way means someone else who has depression experiences it the same way I do. I have a touch of anxiety that is manifested from my depression. But plenty of people have anxiety that may manifest depression. Every experience…

  • EXPeriencing SAD, Mental Health, and Triumphs Big & Small

    EXPeriencing SAD, Mental Health, and Triumphs Big & Small

    I made it five days after NaNoWriMo before I had to open my computer and write something else unrelated to work. It looks like once you get that habit of writing 1,667 words per day for 30 straight days, you can’t help but write after that. NaNoWriMo is quite the challenge. I always thought I…

  • “But this does not define you…”

    “But this does not define you…”

    Cover image from Moana. Screen cap via. An approximation of how I’ve felt the past few weeks. I’ve had a rough few weeks. Personally, professionally, mentally, emotionally, physically… you name it. It’s been difficult to fire on all cylinders. After a particularly trying week, I gave myself permission this weekend to just be. Terry and I…

  • OOC: Avocados are not pudding.

    OOC: Avocados are not pudding.

    OOC stands for “out of character.” This blog isn’t a fitness or food blog, but I need to write about this experience, and by god I’m going to use my blog to do it. I’ve been feeling pretty down about my weight and body image recently. I completed my fourth half marathon a week and…