Category: mental illness

• Literally losing my mind.

  I don’t know if it’s stress, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideas/daydreams – or all combined – or none of it and I’m just getting dementia earlier on in my life – but I’m losing my mind, guys. I’m losing it. I’ve caught the wrong bus and ended up in Aussie wilderness (we call it “whoop whoop”)…

  janetdthomas77

  March 15, 2023

  anxiety, depression, Fears, Life, loss, mental illness, Mindfulness

  depression, Life, mental illness

• Bloganuary – If you had a million US dollars, how would you spend it?

  I don’t remember if it was a MILLION or a BILLION dollars – and there’s obviously a HUGE difference there (ahahahahaa!) but for now, let’s go with the ‘smaller’ amount so I don’t have an anxiety attack. Haha. What I would do with a MILLION US DOLLARS – About 2 Million Aussie dollars – is…

  janetdthomas77

  January 15, 2023

  Author life, bloganuary, books, Family Obligations, Friends, gifts, goals, helptheHomeless, homelessness, identity, Illness, kindness, Life, love, manifesting, memoir, mental illness, Mindfulness, money

  bloganuary, bloganuary2023, bloganuaryprompt, bloggers, bloggingcommunity, Life, money, Relationships, riches, wealth

• Bloganuary – What chore do you find the most challenging to do?

  #bloganuary #bloganuary11 #bloganuary2023 #Housechores #moppingsucks #sweeping #damnit Chores, you say? Well. This ALL depends on how my mental health is tracking, really. Some days, I can do it ALL and the entire house is sparkling. Floors are swept and mopped, bathrooms are spotless, beds are made, laundry is done and the kitchen looks so clean…

  janetdthomas77

  January 13, 2023

  Author life, bloganuary, depression, goals, Illness, Life, mental illness, Work

  bloganuary, bloganuary2023, bloganuaryprompt, bloggers, bloggingcommunity, chores, housechores, mental illness, moppingsucks, sweeping

• Bloganuary – Why do you write?

  Writing to me started out as a way to comfort myself. I was left out in my family and didn’t have many friends at school, so I wrote in my little diary with it’s tiny gold padlock and it was like a friend that I could always confide in. As I grew older, writing in…

  janetdthomas77

  January 6, 2023

  bloganuary, books, identity, memoir, mental illness, Writer, writing

  bloganuary, bloganuary2023, bloganuaryprompt, buddingwriter, good days, memoirwriting, Writer, writing

• New Year’s Eve

  Raaaaaa. Where to even begin? So much has happened in the last 4-6 weeks, I don’t even know how to tell you all about it without going on a huge RANT and boring you to death, lol. Let’s just say it’s been an emotional rollercoaster that I have wanted to jump off many times, but…

  janetdthomas77

  December 31, 2022

  anxiety, Author life, books, Christian life, communication, depression, family, Favouritism, Friends, goals, happiness, Humour, identity, Illness, kindness, Life, loss, love, memoir, mental illness, Mindfulness, self love, Work, worth, Writer, writing

  Life, mental illness, newgoals, newme, newyear, Relationships

• The heart of my Memoir

  I signed onto a free online class about Memoir writing today. It was difficult to concentrate solely on the class and not look around the room or let my mind drift off to other things. Something I picked up on was finding the heart of my Memoir. The Lecturer said her Memoir started out as…

  janetdthomas77

  October 29, 2022

  addiction, anxiety, Author life, books, Christian life, communication, dating, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, Fears, Friends, goals, happy memories, hospital, Humour, identity, Illness, Jealousy, Life, loss, love, marriage, memoir, mental illness, obsessed, Relationships, sexlife, siblings, suicide, worth, Writer, writing

  2ndmarriage, abuse, acceptance, addiction, advice, anxiety, authenticity, author, Author struggles, authorlife, authors, authorsLife, backstories, backstory, battles, blessings, bloggers, book production, bookgoals, bookreview, books, boys, breakups, buddingauthor, buddingwriter, canweevergoback, changedforever, chapterhook, redraft, rewrite

• My Ideal Reader (IR)

  I’m 3/4 through Stephen King’s Memoir “on writing” and have loved every minute of it. He comes across not only as an incredibly talented writer but as someone I’d hang out with because he seems like a pretty nice guy. I love how much he refers to being guided and blessed by his wife when…

  janetdthomas77

  October 18, 2022

  Author life, books, Fears, goals, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness, money, shareyourworld, Writer, writing

  bookgoals, books, bookstore, buddingauthor, idealreader, manuscriptgoals, thatgirl, Writer, writerslife

• Writer’s homework

  My book Coach Annie sent me ‘homework’ to do regarding my Memoir and I wanted to share my answers with you…because…why not? (just quietly, I am an attention whore and love it). Here you go: Writing exercises: What is your memoir’s working title? Why did you choose it? What other titles have you considered? Why…

  janetdthomas77

  October 17, 2022

  abuse, addiction, anxiety, Author life, books, communication, family, Favouritism, Fears, Friends, goals, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, memoir, mental illness, Relationships, Writer, writing

  author, authorlife, memoir, memoirwriting, thestruggleisreal, Writer, writing

• The Stanford County Jail/Prison “experiment”

  I heard about it a few years ago. I think YouTube recommended it to me. Hmm. If you haven’t heard about it, it was a “psychology experiment” of power and the abuse of it, given the opportunity to do so and get away with it, run by a Psychiatrist in the 70’s. It was supposed…

  janetdthomas77

  September 23, 2022

  abuse, bullies, coercive control, Illness, kindness, mental illness, Mindfulness, narcissist, Police, Uncategorized

  99problems, abused, afraid, distress, integrity, makegoodchoices, power, psychological

• Hospital, brain bleed, high blood pressure and angry rant

  It started at about 10pm on Tuesday night. A migraine. If you’ve never had one before, it feels literally like your head is in a vice and someone evil is tightening that vice. The pain is excruciating. I did the usual things, drank a litre of water, took pain tablets, laid as still as I…

  janetdthomas77

  September 18, 2022

  hospital, Illness, loss, mental illness

  99problems, admitted, afraid, ambulance, bloodtests, Hospital visit, killer migraines, lumbarpuncture, needles, unwell