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bipolar disorder, depression, life, meds, memory loss, mental health, mental illness, moods, music, sleep, stress
As I was driving in this morning I had a *phenomenal* idea for a post. It had to do with mental health, and taking care of yourself, and some tips maybe. The DJ on the radio station I listen to said something that prompted it. I’m getting a tiny bit of a phrase from DBT – “building a life worth living.”
But now it has fallen clean out of my head.
Hate it when that happens, but it happens more and more lately. Maybe it’s age, maybe it’s too many meds for too long, maybe it’s not enough sleep. Whatever, it’ll come back eventually. The best ideas always do come back when they get hungry enough to be acted on.
At any rate, things are not terrible right now. It’s terribly cold outside, and I’m terribly busy, but life in general is not terrible. This is good.
I do feel like I’m in a bit of a funk right now, but that’s also not terrible and not too uncommon this time of year. I’m keeping an eye on it, making sure it doesn’t blossom into something bad, but I’m not feeding it enough attention to let it consume me. It is what it is and I know it’ll pass.
So, since I don’t know what other words to share, I’ll share a little music. One of my dude pals introduced me to this artist this morning and I totally enjoyed it. I apologize that the lyrics are little dark, but the music is lovely and the imagery in the video is probably best described as haunting. It’s technically country music, which is not one of my usual genres to listen to, but it’s quite nice.
As a total side note, the ad that played before the video just now was for ladies’ razors, including one that you can carry in your purse for those “on the go shaving needs.” Are you fucking kidding me? I can’t even be bothered to shave my legs in the shower, I sure as hell ain’t gonna shave in the restroom at work. For fuck sake.