Ouch! Dang it!!!

First an explanation: I’m hoping to do another mental illness post (we’re about halfway done) in the next few days, but I may be going on a brief hiatus from doing any posting of any kind. Without being too particular, someone is looking pretty close to popping! We are very excited.
Tonight, we have a good [...]

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Dave’s Gardening Corner: Highest Praise

One of my blogging buddies (Authorias, aka Messagehawk) once said something to the effect that you know you’ve written something well when it becomes worthy of stealing. I suppose that probably applies to plants too. Well, apparently I’ve done something right.
I’ve always had the worst luck with marigolds, but recently one of my hopefuls really [...]

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Governor Palin: Decision Made

So my difficult presidential decision has been made with the announcement that Gov. Palin from Alaska has been selected as McCain’s VP. As an Alaskan, I’ve watched her closely, and I’m impressed with her ability, her poise, and her ideas.
The only big problem with Palin is that she is pretty much an unknown. If she [...]

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What a decision!

I promised when I first began a blog to avoid certain controversial topics (sports, religion, politics). Since that time, I’ve begun discussing religion. We are about to see the politics barrier fall too. But before we do, just remember that this is meant to be an intelligent conversation. If you can’t do that, please don’t [...]

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Mental Illness: Myth – Blessings, the Priesthood, and Talking to Your Bishop

I believe that many religious people believe that talking to spiritual leaders, seeking spiritual blessings, and finding comfort through the priesthood will cure mental illness. Let me start off by saying that these are important parts of dealing with mental illness; they are not cures.
I think this myth is really a sub-myth of the “get [...]

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We did it!!!

It took a long time, but we did it. Remember all those work projects I listed about two weeks ago? We finished all of them. Even the sod.
Actually, we finished a week ago, but I haven’t had the desire to write about it just yet. I think the word “exhaustion” comes in as a good [...]

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Mental Illness: Myth – You can just “get over it.”

The “get over it” myth is perhaps the saddest and most disturbing of all the myths. The myth lies in the idea that people can just use will power to “battle” through it or otherwise “become” better.
From a talk* given by Elder Alexander B. Morrison:
Some there are who, in their lack of understanding and empathy, [...]

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How to wake up in the morning

One more off topic post before returning to the mental illness series….
Katherine has taken up a seriously painful way to wake me up in the morning. I often end up on my stomach towards dawn, and Katherine likes to climb in to bed and then jump on my back. Several months ago she was light [...]

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Olympic Memories

I wanted to take a break (short one) from the mental illness topic and do something else. It’s Olympic season, and I can’t think of a better thing to do with my time right now. I LOVE the Olympics.
I was talking with a friend about the Olympics, and we started dancing down Memory Lane with [...]

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Mental Illness: Statistics

The following is a list of statistics largely pulled from information provided by NAMI. Other sources include organizations with special interests in mental illness.

Many doctors and medical professional do not accept mental illness as “real.”
One in four adults and one in ten children will experience a mental disorder in any given year.
Depression is the leading [...]

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