Category Archives: Depression
I need a best friend
That’s the conclusion I’ve come to while spending the entire weekend holed up in my bedroom feeling dead inside. Right now, I have 2 best friends in my area, my 2 roommates, but even though they’re wonderful people, they don’t … Continue reading
I’m oversleeping again.
It always creeps up on me. I’ll be in a nice routine of forcing myself to stay up late and wake up early to break the cycle, and it’ll feel great. Getting out of bed will of course be hard … Continue reading
Being there for myself
One of the most helpful outcomes of therapy for me has been recognizing my anxiety and depression as what they are. Whenever I have days where I can’t bring myself to go into work, shower, or even get out of … Continue reading
I feel dead inside.
I’m going through one of those phases where I don’t feel anything except anxiety or nothingness. The anxiety isn’t the productive kind that has fueled most of my productivity in grad school; it’s the kind where all I can do … Continue reading
Why does this keep happening?
Two weeks ago, the night before I was leaving for the conference, I got home from lab and ran into my roommate. I keep using different names for my roommates, but whatever. In this post, their names are Lisa and … Continue reading
My heart hurts
Last night, the person I had been dating for a few months (Lynette) now made it clear that she was no longer interested it me. While we definitely weren’t serious, and I had a feeling since day 1 that she … Continue reading
Like a beautiful weeping willow, I am spreading my branches
I mentioned last week that I was trying some new things to kick-start myself out of my depression. It was slow-moving at first. I was just going through the motions without really feeling really feeling refreshed, and I felt like … Continue reading
Hangover guilt
Last Saturday, I went out to the lakeside for beers with a friend, Mandy. I had just gotten out of what was a particularly stressful day in lab, and I also hadn’t slept well all week, so I was planning … Continue reading
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