I distinctly remember the beginning of the end of my relationship with food around 6th grade. As a child, I was stick thin. My dad used to put his hands around my waist and connect his fingers together all through elementary school. He didn't do it in a malicious way, just having fun and showing…
Tag: mental health matters
Taking A Mental Health Day
Do you ever take the day off for no real good reason? I don't. I hate to feel like I've wasted my time. I usually save my paid time off for vacations or family outings where I'd need to travel, I don't use it to relax. This week, I had plans I had taken off…
Winter And My Mental Health
I've always been the kind of person that hates winter, pretty much everything about it. I've always lived somewhere with harsher winters, so of course New Hampshire is no different. I'm cold even in the summer time, so imagine how often I'm shivering in the winter! There are many cozy things about winter like hot…
Rediscovering Yourself
I lose track of myself all the time and I don't even know I'm doing it. Just one day I'll snap back into place and realize I've been wasting life away. I get into these ruts where all I do is nap after work. Where I stop putting time into my appearance. Ruts where I…