Taking a spill

california lounge chair
Originally uploaded by astrocruzan.

When mental disorder hits us, it often upsets our lives completely. Sometimes it's catastrophic. At first we swim desperately, trying to keep our head above water. Later, tales from other "survivors" help us to know that there CAN be life after mental illness. Acceptance of what is, and facing forward are essential to reclaiming a productive fulfilling life.

No surfer I know rides facing backward. . .It just won't work.

It's Not Easy to Be Green

It's Not Easy to Be Green IV
Originally uploaded by CaritoJames.

Nor is it easy having a mental disorder. But I don't have to tell YOU that. Ah, but the important thing is how we use our eyes. . .how we choose to SEE the world. Our attitude can transform the way we view the world, which in turn can transform US. As we take positive control over our lives, our vision spills over onto our friends and anyone with whom we come in contact.

The seasons start to change. .

Snow Mandarin on Orange
Originally uploaded by DigiPub.

Already in parts of the world the snows have arrived. Denver just got 8 inches yesterday.
If you have Seasonal Affective Disorder, are you making plans NOW, while you are not depressed?
Things like:
- A lightbox to help you get the light your body needs.
- Some positive and interesting stuff to read.
- A Procovery Circle to help you have a positive, forward-looking place to be.
- What else? Leave a comment. . .

Falling Apart and Keeping Faith

 Have you ever seen a cracked cloud before? Sometimes our lives are shattered by a mental disorder. We will NEVER be the same again. Learning to accept the change is extreemely important. Then take a look a how you can make your life meaningful, worthwhile, and joyful. It IS possible, but you must look FORWARD, not backward.
So try to be like a cloud,  clouds don't crack or break, they just float!!

Photo by Timothy K. Hamilton, Creativity+ Photography, all rights reserved

Still procovering without formal ties

I am coaching a group of people in which procovery is our common goal but I am out of the formal picture of procovery - institutionally speaking.

For some people the book with detailed steps is helpful. For us, direct communication on taking proper steps and making healthy decisions is working.

Helping others make healthy choices is what I do. Procovery may be the formal name of it.

I hope God and Kathy won't mind if I am a little out of step formally but still quite spiritually in the picture. Direct confrontation is the method I like to use. Can it work? I hope so.