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Second Message: That was supposed to be a shrug, but apparently Batman will take care of it.
Emotional Umbrella
Small But Mighty.
Unnecessarily Long Sidebar About What This Site Is All About Which I Should Probably Just Put In The “About” Page Instead and Kind of Makes That Whole Other Page Redundant:
I feel like I should write something vague here so that I don't have to change it in the future when it becomes horribly outdated.
Like, "I have arms. ...And legs. And this blog is a record of them."
Except it isn't. Mostly. Sometimes.
So instead I will say that this started as a chronicle of my journey with depression, went through some pretty awful experiences with antidepressants that brought me very near to suicidal for months, and came out the other side with the diagnosis that I've actually been struggling with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, often called Chronic Fatigue Syndome, and probably didn't need any of that in the first place. I'm just one of the lucky ones who gets profoundly more depressed on antidepressants. Oh, and while I wasn't accurately diagnosed, all that stuff I was doing to push myself actually sped up the progression of the illness like crazy. Yay (I'm really not as bitter as I seem).
Good news, my mood is really quite stable now most of the time.
Bad news, I can no longer wash my own hair, or prepare my own meals, or drive a car, or, you know, stand up for more than a minute. At the time of writing this, I've now been bed bound coming up on a year and a half. But I can get to the bathroom now, and hold my own head up, and occasionally write here, and you have no idea what a victory that's been.
This has generally ended up being a place to keep my sanity, embrace absurdity, stay connected while I can't leave the house, and remind me to look at the amusing side of what's going on around me.
Except when the amusing side is the bum part. Because, really, who wants to look at that?
(Besides my husband)
Hiya. I’m Curiosity. Wanna study me?
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