Depression Can Happen

 Life:  We never fully get to where we want to be.  We always seem to want something more even in the best of circumstances.  As the events of the month have unfolded, I am reminded by just how lucky we are.  I often times get lost in the details in life and tend to fall behind by bogging myself down with minor details.  I know that times get tough for us, we often times find ourselves in situations where we may not see an end in sight.  But looking at the recent events that have happened in the world so far, I can comfortably say that if you are reading this, than you are quite lucky.  I do not know what you are going through and I am just a guy on the internet that is typing a bunch of nonsense, but I do know that life is what we make of it.  Often times when I feel down or feel like my dreams may never come to pass and the hope starts to leave, I listen to this (warning, if you are offended by language, then don't listen.):   Lit...

 Life...  With all the things that we face during the day, life can be a daunting task.  Every single day we face new challenges that want to break us.  We are faced with some odds that may seem like we will never be able to overcome them.  No matter who you are, everyone struggle and suffer...  But everyone always has a story to tell.  We have all had to go through something to be here today.  Life is a blessing each day that you wake up.  Think about it this way, someone did not make it through the day today...  Every second of every damn day someone passes away.  Someone did not make it to the next minute....  Do you think they would like to have the moments back that they lacked self esteem and did not accomplish what they wanted to do in this life?  I would imagine that they and everyone who fell before them would take just one more day to see what they can accomplish.  It is extremely easy to fall backwards in l...

 Well it has certainly been a while....  Almost a year, give or take a couple of months.  Over the last year, we as a society have been through hell and back, then back through hell and then back out, so on and so on.  It seems like this never ending cycle of bad things.  Many of you may still be in a lockdown situation, or if you live in America, never really went into one.  It was around March of 2020 that I decided that I didn't care anymore about my weight, that I was just going to eat whatever I wanted and didn't think about the consequences of putting in my mouth whatever kind of food I desired.  That is how I coped with the pandemic...  By eating my feelings.  Whenever I would see something bad or something bad would happen around me, it was as if I rewarded myself with a bad food....  At the time I could push out whatever bad thing happened for a short time because I was happy eating whatever I could.  At this rate, there wa...

When I was in college, I had dreams about going onto grad school.  I was in my last semester of my senior year, collecting letters of recommendation and trying to score high enough on the GRE to get into any school at that point.  However the more I tried to go down that road, the more self doubt I ended up with and it still haunts me today.  I have built a career over the past 11 years but I still feel like I need to go back to grad school to prove my worth.  My wife and I have this conversation a lot (sorry babe), that if I feel like it will help out the family then I should do it.  But then the thoughts of what occurred that senior year come flooding back.  I was at Francis Marion University and well...  it was senior year...  I may have skipped a couple of classes because I was lazy and wanted to sleep in, but I still had the drive to continue.  I went to one of my political science professors to ask for a letter because I had taken his ...

Well....  Still dealing with the Corona Virus.  Some of us are at home, while others are at work.  But regardless of where you are currently, what are you doing to make the best of your situation?  What is something that you can do to help distract yourself from all of the awful going around in the world today?  I know that it is tough because there are loved ones effected by the events going on all over the world, but what bright spot has happened in your life today?  Many times I lose sight of what is a bright spot in my day and I focus on the negative.  Everywhere I turn I see the negative, but the positive is following me like a dog.  It is always there and willing to show me what good life has to offer.  Recently I found out that a class mate from high school passed away.  Now I did not know him on a very personal level, but I have seen the pain that is left behind in the wake of the events that has happened.  I feel for his f...

Well here we are, most of us sitting in our homes due to the recent events (not me though...  I am at work).  As I was on social media I noticed that more and more people are banning together to help one another in this time of need.  But why do we wait until there is a pandemic among us to start to matter to others.  We live our lives in a bubble for most of the time and then all of a sudden when the world needs us, we miraculously jump into saving mode.  My question for today is why not try to matter to someone each and everyday?  Why not try to be an uplifting spark to someone that you know is struggling.  I scroll through endless amounts of stuff on social media and I see people who want to be there for you regardless of the situation get pushed to the side.  I find it hard to believe that we as a population are that self centered, but I am proved wrong each and everyday.  I understand that people have their own cares in this life and th...

Lately it has been raining and cold where I am, for many of you there could be snow on the ground.  But honestly I love that kind of weather so it doesn't bother me :)  However for many of us, when the skies are gray it brings a season of depression that envelopes us and wont let go.  We find it hard to get out and enjoy the things that you once loved, it at times can feel like you are in a box and can't find your way out.  Now I know that sounds like just about everything else you have heard when it comes to the topics...  But I promise I am going somewhere with it.  One time my family and I went to visit our family for Christmas.  We were there when one of the worst snow storms hit that area.  My poor wife....  That was her first trip up north to see my family and we were stuck inside the house with 36 inches of snow and 60 mph winds...  Gotta love winter :)  We would stand there and watch people trying to figure out how to get o...