Pagan Moxie

I am currently suffering from a severe bout of depression. I have come to ask if anyone can draw a clear line between what actions are a manifestation of my depression and which ones are me taking care of myself?

I stay up way to late. Mostly because it is quite and i can “unwind”.

I sleep in. Due to the above and because if I don’t have to be up early, why should I be.

I can’t focus. People talk to me and I have to concentrate really hard to follow what they are saying. 20 minutes later I forget.

I am thinking of quitting my job. It is stressful. I don’t like it. I would like to make more money.

I’m binge watching tv. Hours upon hours of tv. I spend more time thinking about the show than I do thinking up my real life.

Eating a lot of “comfort” or “junk” food. It makes me feel better.

Crying. Often at the drop of a hat or over the weirdiest shit.

Not everyone wants to go to Valhalla

Most who think they are going to Valhalla will be in for a rude after life.

Not all of us are Viking wannabes

Not all of us are interested in Vikings.

Not all Norse were vikings. It was an occupation and not a full time one.

Homosexuals existed in Norse society.

Not all Norse were white or even european.

Racism is not Norse.

Ancestors are not just the people you descend from by blood line.

Whiskey Drinking Woman - Nazareth

Witchy Woman - Eagles

Old Town Road - Lil Nas X

Black Magic Woman - Santana

Black No. 9 - Type O Negative

Hell of a Time - HellYeah

Voodoo - Godsmack

I won’t step on a threshold coming or going from a place. (It insults the house/building spirits)

I don’t like to stand in door ways or at the opening of two rooms (kinda goes back to the first)

I like in-between spaces, however I don’t linger in them more than is required.

If someone offers me food from a container, they have to open it before I will eat it. (this doesn’t work for food I purchased, only food being offered)

I prefer my host eats before I do.

I try to avoid stepping on cracks; not cause I think they will break my mother’s back. (goes back to in-between spaces)

Certain things should not be spoken or written of. If they are, you must go outside, turn around 3 times and spit. (”invoking the wrath” is a thing)

A gift begets a gift.

A penny face up is good luck; a penny face down is not, unless you give it to the next person you see.

Wheat pennies, buffalo head nickles and 2 dollar bills are worth collecting.

Never back into a room or house (you don’t know who or what is behind you)

How you shake hands says a lot about you.