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gloriousmishaps · 3 years

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Carly’s Bad Day Masterpost

*tucks you in + gives you a gentle smooch*

every day is made brighter because of you

updated // 02-13-2024

✨ VIDEO ✨

✦ Robyn Anderson, Robin Seplut, and Miss Dixie’s Kitten Rescue - kittens being loved because they deserve it

✦ HidaMari Cooking - asmr japanese baking channel; no music

✦ Peaceful Cuisine - vegan asmr japanese cooking channel; sometimes with music

✦ Summoning Salt - speedrun documentaries! episodes are >1hr long and good for chilling out

✦ Adventure Time - gives me the warm fuzzies dude; link goes to a less-than-reputable site, please be careful of malware

✦ 11 Drunk Guys Play Outlast (ep.1), ep.1 - 4, 6, + 7 - exactly what it says on the tin; cw for the occasional less-than-pc joke

✦ Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): Real Time Fandub - a group of voice actors dub over sonic ‘06 in one take with zero rehearsing

✦ Polybius: the Video Game That Doesn’t Exist - a great documentary on the titular urban legend

✦ Drunk Disney - a couple of friends get drunk + watch disney movies

✦ Earthbound / Silent Hill / A Hat in Time / Ori and the Will of the Wisps - do you wanna play a game without actually playing the game? here are a few no-commentary let’s plays i’d recommend

✦ Great Depression Cooking - cute old lady makes you food she ate when she was growing up during the great depression

✦ CinemaWins - one guy’s mission to take every movie + make a list of positive things about it

✦ The Drawfee Show - just a bunch of coworkers drawing + doing stupid things together

✦ Mr. Max TV - this man loves his bird so much he got a tattoo of him

✦ The Minecraft Survival Guide - learn how to play minecraft from the most patient man alive

✦ Shiny Hunting with TheSupremeRk9s - dallas’s shiny hunting streams are very chill + lowkey

✦ EVNautilus + 2016 Expedition Highlights - highlights from the EVNautilus exploration streams

✨ AUDIO ✨

✦ gentlepeople’s Playlist - literally pretty much every song from your youtube amv childhood is in here

✦ Wake Up Happy: An Indie/Pop/Folk Playlist - when you need a little pep in your step

✦ RogueSky - a variety of playlists to match any aesthetic

✦ Silly Playlists - playlists that make you want to get a little silly with it

✨ READING ✨

✦ Historical Cookbooks - super old cookbooks!

✦ Preeny Has to Repeat 6th Grade by Jasmine Cote - a fantasy-esque comic that makes use of purchased deviantart adoptables for characters

✦ Read Comics Online - this site has a ton of comics available for free

✦ My 14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday’s Endless Appetizers - this is one woman’s journey to do exactly what the title says, one mozzarella stick at a time

✦ 17776 - this dialogue-heavy comic explores the relationship humans have with themselves, each other, and their newfound immortality thru the lens of football. it makes way more sense that it sounds

✦ A Collection of Weird, Creepy, and/or Morbid Wikipedia Articles - masterlist of titular wiki items

✦ A Man and His Hoe - a blog written by a farmer who simply takes in the beauty of his surroundings

✦ Let’s Queer Things Up! - straightforward, helpful articles about mental health + lgbt identities

✨ ACTIVITY ✨

✦ potionmerchant’s Carrd of Comfort - they do a much better job than me at this thing so there might be repeat items in their list

✦ gloriousmishaps’s “Happy Tag” Tag - plugging my own “happy tag” here, it’s loaded up with friendly messages of encouragement + cute videos of animals

✦ gloriousmishaps’s “Get Better” Tag - here’s my “get better” tag too, with more encouraging messages + a few mental health tips + tricks

✦ 34 Mug Cake Recipes - if you have some baking supplies + a microwave, that’s all you need

✦ SingKing Karaoke - sing away your problems

✦ Cool Math Games - what kind of list would this be if cool math games wasn’t on it?

✦ 7 Cups of Tea - a free place to vent and be vented to, volunteer listeners will gladly hear you out

✦ Emergency Compliment - quick! take these cute but silly compliments!

✦ This is Sand - fun little time-consuming app where you can make a layered sand sculpture online

✦ The Useless Web - when you click this button, it will take you to a totally random, completely useless site

✦ Cloudhiker - find old, weird, interesting, or relatively obscure blogs + websites with just the click of a button

✦ Pokemon Uranium - if you’re into pokemon then this fangame will keep you occupied for a while

✦ WindowSwap - individuals from all over the world share the view from their windows

✦ Duolingo / Memrise - learning a new language is super easy with these free programs

✦ VisualBoyAdvance / Desmume - a gba + nintendo ds emulator respectively. some sites to find roms are here and here. pls be careful of malware

✦ The Oregon Trail - straight from 1992 and played completely in your browser

✦ The Sims 4 - the base game is free to play!

✨ SELF HELP ✨

✦ change your entire outfit, all the way down to underwear + socks. put on completely new, clean clothes if they’re available, preferably something comfy that you love a lot

✦ take a bath, maybe w some music you like or that candle you won’t burn or a bath bomb you’re saving for a special day. if you can’t take a bath, take a shower instead, as hot or as cold as you want. brush + floss your teeth. clean behind your ears. around your nose

✦ watch some comfort tv or a favorite movie. doesn’t matter if you’ve seen it a million billion times. snuggle up in bed w a drink (coffee, hot choco, tea, warm milk). lots of blankets are essential

✦ call your friends, family, therapist, your dog. let them know how you’re doing. they care more than you think. sometimes you just need someone to talk to. mental illness can make you feel like you’re totally alone. it’s not true. reach out

✦ be kind to yourself, these feelings won’t last forever. seek help if you need it. allow yourself to feel: cry, get angry, scared, whatever it is, bottling it all up just makes it worse. if you’re grieving, allow yourself the room to mourn

✦ if you can afford it, buy a treat: candy, a snack, a new book, a new video game. anything to treat yourself, doesn’t have to be expensive

✦ eat! drink! take a nap! clean yourself! so many problems can be solved just by nourishing your body w the things it needs + deserves

✦ life will continue on, things will change, and stuff will get better. it might feel hopeless but it won’t always feel that way. find things to look forward to. pick up a new hobby. create a purpose for yourself. get involved in a community

✦ the point of life is to live, not to discover the secrets of the universe, not to cure cancer, not to solve world hunger. do what makes you happy

✦ it’s okay if all you did today, yesterday, or last week was survive. sometimes we can’t thrive in our current environments. sometimes we have a bad mental health day. it’s okay if your only goal was to make it to tomorrow. you should be proud of yourself anyway

✨ ADDENDUM ✨

the items in this category aren’t necessarily accessible to everyone but i still recommend everything on this list if you’re willing to spend some money

✦ Spritfarer - a game about death, grief, and letting go, it’s available on all consoles for $30. if you’re looking for an experience of catharsis that will have you ugly crying the whole way thru, i literally can’t recommend this game highly enough. takes about 30 hrs to complete everything

✦ Smile for Me - a game about helping others + making them smile, $13 on most platforms and 3 - 5 hrs long. cw for eye strain and a general malaise that follows you throughout

✦ Minecraft - when i’m feeling overwhelmed, i like to load up a minecraft save and just chill out with mods or creative mode. it’s $30 on pretty much every console available + has endless replayability

✦ Undertale - this might feel like a cliche game to suggest but it’s one of my guilty pleasures. it’s charming, funny, and pretty chill, as well as a good way to kill ~6hrs casually (or 20 if you go above + beyond). $15 on all consoles

✦ Stardew Valley - a farming sim game i can boot up when i’m in a funk. garden, fish, take care of livestock, talk with townsfolk, mine, or explore the caverns. it’s cute, casual, and non-challenging. $15 on every console

✦ Squishables - i love squishables! they’re so cute + snuggly and come in a variety of different kinds. they’re perfect for squeezing when you’re feeling blue

✦ The Sill / Nature Hills / Bloomscape / House Plant Shop - i also love buying houseplants (it’s almost a problem at this point). here are some reputable sites!

#my posts #happy tag #masterposts #self help #get better #long post #i spent the better half of like....all of today working on this #ANYWAY i've had an absolutely terrible past couple of days #like my mental health has been super super awful and idk why #but i think it's getting a little bit better so i decided to make one of these #it's kinda short comparatively but the things in here are handpicked by yours truly #highly recommend all of these and will be using this list myself soon :3

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strawbewwysamurai · 4 years

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haha glad then i got another req how about exploring abandoned/haunted places/ruins with sanji law paulie and robin?

OF COURSE!!! Oh my gosh, this one sounds fun as heck! Lets see what we got here...! :D

Sanji:

He’s not too keen on haunted places. Not because he’s scared, but because after everything he already goes through against his will, he would prefer to not add on more weird on top voluntarily.

That’s not to say he wouldn’t come along if asked, he absolutely would. He’s no coward, and also loves hanging out with people in doing what they like to do, or plans they make.

He will eventually get really into it once you’ve been exploring the abandoned or supposedly haunted place for a bit though.

Like- really into it.

Flicks his lighter under his chin to create a spooky glow and muses about any of the place’s history in as chilling of a tone as he can possibly muster, with a straight-faced smirk to boot.

It's going to take a bit of shushing and distraction to get him to stop his nonsense once he's gotten himself going. Either that or you better be ready to let the guy quietly tell spooky stories in that dumb voice the entire time you are there.

He's just a dork really, and he's having fun now, so might as well just let him goof off.

He doesn't get spooked easily, no. But should a creepy crawly come scurrying out from the old architecture, he's gone, good bye.

If there's any left over rickety old furniture where you're exploring, he will be climbing it in the next second with a yell, and then falling off of it the next. After all, it's rickety old furniture. It's not going to handle a tall blonde idiot jumping up on it just because he saw a beetle.

It's fine though, and really fun. Between actually getting to explore someplace supposedly spooky, and hearing him tell somewhat goofy horror stories quietly while you explore, you'll want to do it again very soon with Sanji.

Law:

I think he counts as a haunted place himself.

He also thinks he counts as a haunted place himself.

Honestly, he has no problem exploring possibly haunted places, or old ruins in general. He doesn't spook easily and would sooner scare a ghost with his presence than vice versa.

And he knows it.

Do not- I repeat, do not lose track of him wherever it is you end up going with him when spookiness is involved. You will somewhat regret it when you lose him and then hear quiet whispering from somewhere around the corner, and a door shuts behind you.

Yes, he's trying to scare you. No, he won't go too far. Yes, he will make things randomly float around you or crash into walls with his power. No, you cannot stop him now.

He’ll also be actively pretending he’s not the one causing problems on purpose at this present moment. An old vase will fly harmlessly by your head and he’ll feign looking baffled the second you spin around to scold him for it or tell him to knock it off.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. This place is pretty freaky, isn’t it? Told you we should have just stayed home and watched a movie.”

It’s fun as heck anyway, though. His attempts at adding a scare factor to already spooky places is both hilarious and adorkable, so going to supposedly haunted locations with him is always going to be an absolute blast.

Robin:

Oh my goodness gracious, if you're going to any spooky place or old ruins of a long abandoned site, Robin is somehow the best and the worst person to bring along for the fun.

She loves places like such, and absolutely loves exploring every inch of them if given the chance and time to do so.

She could spend hours in anywhere from the ruins of a lost city, to a library that’s been abandoned for two decades. She's not picky.

Always brings a backpack full of history books local to the area in the hopes that they’ll contain even a little bit of history on wherever it is you end up exploring with her that evening. She likes to read up, even if the place wasn’t even all the notable before it was abandoned or left to haunting rumors.

She’ll absolutely take her time exploring the exterior or outskirts of the spooky location, wanting to know every inch of the place before even setting foot inside, where she’s sure it’s even more interesting.

She will pour herself quietly over any little thing she finds, and relay anything she knows about whatever thing shes discovered back to you.

When she doesn't know anything about something, she'll flip through one of the books she brought to see if it'll help her. And if that fails too, she'll just laugh and ask your opinion on what you think the history was behind something.

It’s fun to debate think back and forth with her on the endless possibilities, even when things can take a morbid turn with her.

Typical theories thrown back and forth together, varying in degrees of absurdity, but relatively tame. But then out of the blue, a morbid murder theory pops up, followed by another more tame idea.

It’s funny as heck, you’ll admit. And honestly? You definitely want to go more spooky places with here. Between the impromptu history lessons, and the hilarious back and forth, it makes for a great little adventure with added spook.

Paulie:

Nothing scares this man.

Well, certain things do, but they’re few and far between. And certainly not supposedly haunted places.

He'll come along with whoever invites him just to hang out or see what the big deal is about, but he's not spooked in the slightest.

Also the perfect guy to ask to come with you if you want to go someplace spooky, but are a bit frightened to do so alone.

He’s got you, don’t worry.

If you take him to a haunted house or ruins of a long gone city, he’ll prolly just wander around to see everything, somewhat boredly. He’ll usually just end up following you around, though, giving you his commentary on things as you explore.

“And what’s behind... door number 3?! A BRAAAND NEWWW SHIP-- Just a rat.”

Any attempts at getting him to stop will not work. If you suggest he shut up, he will ask the nearest beetle for it’s opinion on his commentary and if it thinks he should shut up.

“Paulie Jr says my commentary is wonderful and that I should never stop for anyone. I trust their judgement more than yours” “Paulie please’

Alternatively, though, take him to the remains of a long wrecked ship and he'll be super interested.

He will carefully climb all over it talking about what used to be what back when it was whole, marveling at the remaining details not yet entirely worn away, finding a small piece of wood or rigging on the beach to take home with him that won't be missed for the memory.

He will pretend to be a ghost pirate at some point.

No you cannot stop this.

It’s best you realize by now that you cannot stop Paulie.

To be honest, though, you don’t even really want to. It’s fun, and it lightens the mood drastically, taking any edge of scares off of the adventure and leaves nothing but giggles and exasperation. Is he doing it on purpose for this exact outcome? Who knows, but you do know that it’s something you want to do again very soon.

#one piece #nico robin #trafalgar law #black leg sanji #one piece paulie #paulie #peachywrites #I KNOW THIS WENT MORE OF A HAUNTED HOUSE ROUTE BUT I HOPE YOU LIKE THEM REGARDLESS

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murderedfowl-blog · 7 years

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ok y’all remember how like two days ago i was cryin in the Least Formal manner abt henry’s coping mechanisms & childish nature well here’s a proper(TM) hc post abt it strap in m’dudes here we go i don’t promise it’ll make sense but y’know i will Try

first & foremost , i wanna point out specific traits that henry possesses and then i’ll like... go into depth abt them or whatever but alrighty :

01. finding jokes / amusement in everything , even if it is not appropriate to do so 02. a desire to please / obey based on a perceived reward system , even if that reward is simply an absence of punishment 03. a fear of pain despite desiring death ( & an exciting death at that ) 04. the idea of ‘ power ’ vs ‘ weakness ’ / a closer look @ certain fears

k so here we go . . . first off , if we look at henry’s childhood it was not a happy place. the closest thing they had to positive companionship was animals , the love of other human beings a foreign affair from their earliest memories. even prior to the institution , things were not good & i imagine , that like most children , henry tried very hard ( at first ) to gain their parents’ love & affections ( there’s some quote that goes like . . . ‘ mother / parents are god in the eyes of a child ’ & i think that held true for some length of time ?? they v much wanted to please these beings who brought them into the world bc they were , despite it all , very precious to henry ) via being a ‘ good child ’ i.e. trying to do as told , regardless of what it was. while i don’t believe their parents simply dumped them in the woods ( the translations from jpn supports seem to suggest they did ‘ raise ’ them ) i do believe they were heavily neglectful , most likely not people who wanted a child at all but got stuck with one nonetheless. there was nothing henry could have done to make their parents fond of them , but ?? that is not a concept they will recognize until later.

so with that said , from that henry started to learn this idea of ‘ people pleasing ’ that they address a few times ( the most prominent ones that come to mind are their comment about ‘ if you don’t trust me , you can just kill me ’ & some comment that is made to robin about how the only order they won’t obey is ‘ don’t fight ’ , but i’ll address that a bit later on ) and the concept that they didn’t matter particularly , just the whims of those around them , something that was further expanded upon in the institution they were sent to.

from what henry says , we can assume it was not just an orphanage or place to house ‘ unruly ’ children. they mention spikes being on the floor & in a conversation with olivia they state ‘ It was in this institution my parents put me in, right~ there were quite severe punishments for kids who didn't listen -- that kind of stuff happened~ Now that was painful~ ’ which i am positive instilled in them a sense of obedience , further than that which their parents began. if you acted out , if you failed to do as told , if you fucked up in any capacity , you were subjected to extreme pain & near death experiences ( & frankly , i’m sure henry did watch some kids die while they were there ; accidents happen & no one seemed to care very much for these kids ) and henry has , without a doubt , been subjected to such pain themselves. which is where this idea of pain = bad , death = good likely begins to stem from as well ; pain is a prolonged thing , a very bad thing , a sign that you had done something wrong & it could hurt for very long periods of time , whereas death , they began to see , was instant release. to some degree , they were likely jealous of the kids that died , because at least then those kids were no longer suffering , never having to feel pain again. from this whole experience a lot of shit stemmed , not just that.

beyond just this concept of pain is bad , death is good , & a need to do as told , they were forced to normalize certain things at a very young age , those things being death , murder , blood , violence , pain , punishment . . . etc , etc. essentially , very bad things. being a kid , ‘ normalizing ’ them meant . . . not making them a ‘ comfort ’ per-se , but making them familiar in a way that wasn’t negative. to fear or hate them would have been too much for them to handle , so it had to become a game or an ‘ okay thing ’ & as such , henry’s fascination with war / blood / death became a coping mechanism , finding familiarity in such things as it was all they ever really knew and were unable to think of it was ‘ bad ’ ( on some level they are , of course , aware that it is not. a good thing. but to face that prospect is to face a lot of other shit that a child simply wasn’t prepared to do & that now , as an adult , henry is somewhat incapable of doing at present time bc their mind sort of ... stuck ??? them ??? in a child - like state because maturing was too difficult in the given environment ) and to a child if something isn’t bad then it must be good --- right ? thus comes the commentary of ‘ i love war ’ & a general chill attitude toward really morbid shit. but , beyond that , i think what they really appreciate is that they have this very familiar situation and where they are currently , they are not a victim of it. which brings me to point 04.

henry is not sadistic , in the sense that they do not find joy in the suffering of others & even go so far as to promise quick & painless deaths to people important to them b/c they understand that pain is a terrifying , awful thing. however. they do enjoy being in a position where they are ‘ powerful ’ i.e. in a position where they can inflict these situations vs. having to merely take them , though i think they vastly prefer like . . . giving quick deaths vs. painful ones , when they are on the battle field.

essentially henry is a scared child ( ‘ child ’ they’re an adult but y’know. childlike mentality. ) who doesn’t want to be hurt anymore but only recognizes carnage as a ‘ norm ’ & takes comfort in the fact that they now have a position in it wherein they may die , but they’re not a victim. they feel safer in this familiar environment , the way things are now. fear , i think , is a big motivator for them and they see a lot of things in a . . . not necessarily ‘ black and white ’ sort of sense , but a. ‘ if this is a thing then x isn’t ’ sort of ?? way ?? and there are exceptions and henry is capable of having in depth conversations abt it but like . . . they don’t want to lmao ?? not if ur gonna argue w/ them. so there’s that.

but that also brings me back to the ‘ don’t tell me not to fight ’ point from earlier. what i personally take that to mean is like . . . ‘ dont tell me to sit back and be hurt / let someone be hurt ’ bc that is , in a way , playing the victim again. being powerless in this sort of a situation. while henry is a very submissive person , they desperately don’t want to be hurt or put a helpless situation ever again. there’s a difference between people pleasing and letting yourself be put into a place where you’re actively suffering & can’t do anything about it.

oh yeah also henry is aware they’re coping lmao ,,, they know they use laughter and smiles and childlike behavior and the normalization of fucked up shit to get by , they know it’s not. actually ok. as seen in one of the convos they have w/ ... owain or inigo idr which rn but it’s one of them. so they’re capable of mature convos. abt this sort of shit but they : ) don’t like to have them : ) as much as they love oversharing that’s the sort of stuff u gotta like... fish out of them & they gotta be close to you before you get to the bottom of that can of worms so.

anyway i’m not sure this post had much of a point and it’s a bit all over the place and maybe unclear in some spots but this is how i chose 2 spend a solid hour of my life so here we are...

#` . * ✧ | ooc . headcanon #long post -#this is ... very long #why did i.#type so much. why ?? why did i.#oh right triggers #child abuse -#child neglect -#death ment -#death idealization -#sensitive material -#my catch all ... for ' idfk what else 2 tag this as but i feel like it needs more than that '#anyway this probs doesnt make sense but it's 2:30 in the morning so whatever #canon could smack this out of my hands and tell me im wrong w/ my analysis and i could Ignore It so like #twiddles my thumbs

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nnn-res-blog · 6 years

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Own mothers milk significantly decreases the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Commentary on: Patel AL, Johnson TJ, Robin B, et al. Influence of own mother’s milk on bronchopulmonary dysplasia and costs. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2017;102:F256-61.

Implications for practice and research

Strategies concentrating on increasing the use of own mother’s milk (OMM) for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants should be encouraged and a focus in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Future research studies should focus on the impact of OMM on other morbidities of prematurity affecting VLBW infants.

Context

OMM has substantial health benefits for VLBW infants including decreased sepsis, necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) and retinopathy of prematurity.1 2 Limited studies have evaluated the effects of OMM on the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in premature infants. Despite various strategies aimed at decreasing BPD, the incidence remains high for premature infants. In a recent retrospective multicentre study, an exclusive human milk-based diet... Read more from Evidence Based Nursing http://ift.tt/2AXRYit

#NNN #Nursing News Network #Research

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carmeninguanzo · 7 years

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Because it Doesn’t Have to Hit Home for Me to Raise Suicide Awareness...

Mental health was the subject weighing heavy on me all day today. Depression is something I battle with more days than not. I could go to bed feeling great and wake up the next day feeling like there’s a dark cloud hovering over me no matter how much sunshine peaks through my windows. Each time being a different battle. It’s paralyzing. It’s exhausting. I will not lie about it. It’s robbed me from so much. And even though I’ve learned to throw on my boxing gloves and get ready to fight that fucking enemy each morning it shows up unexpectedly, it robs me, still. It robbed me today. But feeling robbed and depleted did not keep me from offering someone support. I was still able to offer comfort to two friends that needed to hear that it will be okay as long as they’re willing to fight every time they feel depressed. I, personally, know SO many people that suffer in silence. I know firsthand what it is to lose someone so dear to me, to suicide. I speak up for my beloved and missed friend. I speak up for this young lady I posted the picture and fundraiser for whom I do not know, but ironically, heard about today when a friend posted this about her cousin. I speak up for my friends and family that suffer from mental illnesses in silence. Is this a subject I like to speak about or feel comfortable putting out there? NO. Absolutely not. But I speak up because as someone who’s suffered from mental illnesses my entire life and who’s learned to navigate my way through life in one piece, I feel it’s my responsibility. In fact, it’s all of our responsibility whether you suffer from it or not. In checking in on a dear friend today that I’ve recently learned suffers from depression in silence, and who only wrote a little something about how she feels on a post I wrote a few weeks back, is why I will continue to speak about it. Because depression is REAL. Because depression is a disease just like any other disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day-to-day activities, and sometimes you may feel as if life isn't worth living. More than just a bout of the blues, depression isn't a weakness and you can't simply "snap out" of it. Depression may require long-term treatment. But don't get discouraged. Most people with depression feel better with medication, psychotherapy or both.” http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/home/ovc-20321449

But so many don’t get help because they are ashamed to do so, as I was once ashamed. Whether it be that they see medication as something horribly bad (as I once did) because that’s what I was taught to believe, or are afraid to seek help, or be looked at as weak, it all circles back to the STIGMA. A stigma that so desperately needs to be broken. Because in most cases, people who commit suicide could have received the necessary help instead of suicide being their best and only alternative. I know this, and I say this with confidence because I, too, have attempted suicide. And because I am here today is why I can say that there are better alternatives. There IS help out there. And no, we are not alone. Does it mean I don’t feel like I’m better off dead sometimes when the weight becomes too difficult to carry? No, it doesn’t. It simply means that suicide is not a route I want to take and I’d rather seek all the help necessary, take all the medications necessary if that’s what it takes, and speak up about it to raise mental health awareness no matter how crazy or weak or whatever else people think about when it comes to depression. According to Medscape, “Depression is a potentially life-threatening mood disorder that affects 1 in 6 persons in the United States, or approximately 17.6 million Americans each year... Morbidity associated with depression is difficult to quantify, but the lethality of depression takes the measurable form of completed suicide, the tenth leading reported cause of death in the United States.” The TENTH! Go confirm this for yourself at The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/. What will it take for this rate to drop significantly? In my opinion, raise awareness, Raise Awareness, RAISE AWARENESS to help end the stigma. STOP the judgment. Understand the long term and life changing effects behind this disease. Sometimes, all it takes is someone to care... Sometimes, all it takes is someone to notice the inner battle that person is fighting and ask them how they feel. Because though sometimes it can be hidden as I did for decades, there are times when depression is written all over someone’s soul. I checked in on a friend today and this is what she wrote me, “Thank you so much, Carmen! Your friendship means so much to me. I tend to hide and isolate myself because I hate being a downer, I hate myself for being so depressed all of the time, I feel like a burden on everyone and it feels easier to just be quiet. Thank you for your love for reaching out to me. I’m really touched.” And THIS, exactly what she wrote, is what depression looks like. Reading these words meant everything to me! Especially in knowing that she sought psychiatric help without meds and it is helping her! These conversations have all been via social media and look at the difference it’s made. Not to say that I won’t make myself available if she ever wanted to talk over the phone, because I so would get on the phone with her or anyone NO MATTER how depressed I myself can be feeling. Why? Because I’ve made that much of an impact for her to seek help. Because I never know if I can save someone’s life, or help make their burden lighter. Because I never know if I’m the only person they dared reach out to because of my openness about my own personal struggles. Because IT’S THAT SIMPLE.

I’ll end this blog with this and hope that you can start educating yourself and sharing these type of stories, like the story of this beautiful young girl who committed suicide and I don’t even know... According to an article from Psychology Today, “ Depression's severity can't be overestimated, though, and the disorder is rapidly becoming a worldwide pandemic. It's now the second leading cause of disability worldwide, with about 350 million people suffering from the disorder at any given time. Recent commentary in Psychiatric Times by Dr. Elizabeth Griffin aims to remind clinicians and patients alike that depression is no laughing matter.” Depression is so often looked down upon that we don’t realize how we could be of help to someone who’s depressed and suffering in silence because of the fear of being labeled. My heart breaks for Kariellis Jimenez and the friends and family she left behind. My heart breaks for my best friend, Roz de la Rosa and his wife and two daughters who miss him so much every single day. My heart breaks for Chester Bennington, singer from Linkin Park, also leaving behind his 5 children, wife, family and friends. My heart breaks for Robin Williams, the funny and charming man I grew to love and depend on whenever I needed a good laugh. My heart breaks for EVERYONE we’ve lost to suicide. My heart breaks because more people aren’t talking about mental health... And this is NOT a battle that can be fought alone. Ever.

“In her commentary Griffin discuses the shock with which suicide is often met. Loved ones may remark that the suicide victim was selfish, that she “seemed fine,” or that only crazy people kill themselves. But Griffin, who herself has struggled with depression for most of her life, aims to put the lie to these claims. She points out that depression can affect even the most competent, educated, and supportive people, leaving them shells of their former selves. And all too often, those afflicted by depression are too independent to seek help, or feel hopeless about the possibility of treatment actually working” (Psychology Today). https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/when-your-adult-child-breaks-your-heart/201406/depression-underestimated-illness

Please share this. Please keep Kariellis Jimenez, her family and loved ones in your prayers today. Please join the mental health awareness fight to end the stigma. Please, please, please take part in this. I’m sure that if you yourself are not suffering from a mental illness, SOMEONE you know, IS. If you or anyone you know are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. There is help for everyone. You are not alone!

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