#fall survival

I feel lucky to be in Texas today. The temperature is a perfect 70 degrees and i have been able to sit outside with my dogs and soak up the sun. In winter I spend so much time inside that I forget what the world outside of walls looks like. My mood always gets dark in winter but happily not today. Hope you are doing OK!!

Hi! Just sending a quick note to say I hope winter's not getting you down too much. Curl up under a blanket with a hot drink and a good book. Take care of yourself!

i saw your post and i had a good day today so i thought i'd tell you about it, if that's okay? i wore my onesie pjs to school today, best experience ever, it was super comfy and warm and yeah. if i could, i'd wear pjs for the rest of my life. also i ate like 20 chocolate bars so i'm on a sugar rush right now. hope you're doing well :D

November is always my worst month. I live in the Pacific Northwest and it's just so fucking gray that it feel like I've never seen the sun, never been happy. Two things really help me: reaching out to friends (which you did!) and anti-depressants (currently Wellbutrin). But maybe it's not helpful to know what helps someone else, so here's a Portland joke: How did the hipster burn his tongue? He drank coffee before it was cool.

Positive message #19348739847 to swamp you: Doctor Who is pretty great, yes?

I couldn't just not write something after reading your request for help. I've dealt with depression and self-harm before in my life, and now I'm married to a man with panic attack issues, so I know what it's like going through a rough patch - and for one I know that it doesn't feel like a "patch" when you're right in it. But it is, it really, really is. Find just one teeny, tiny thing that gives you joy (a dog in my case, but it could be ice-cream, excercise or whatever) and let it pull you thru

There is no "just" to surviving. You are surviving. That is amazing.

Happy ask: yesterday was my birthday and I got the best possible present: I was allowed to go home, definitively, after one year of treatment for bone cancer :)