How do you know if you’re hungry or just eating comfort food? Wanting specific foods. It might be hard to understand the difference between a food addiction and a normal one. You can use some of the signs to know when you’re eating from stress and not from hunger. You can learn how to tell …
Five years is a long time to live stuck in your head and cut off from the world, without being able to reach out to anyone. There are many things we don’t do anymore. Food and health care have been included. Our house has a lot of empty space. We exist, but we don’t live. …
Dr. Anthony Fauci, of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, warned of a long and harsh flu season in January 2020. The B strain began months earlier than usual. One of the worst flu seasons in decades was expected in 2020. The WHO declared a global health emergency due to the coronaviruses epidemic. …
“Target Audience” doesn’t always matter as much as I think. Almost anyone will read a good story if you write it. I really believe that. I think you can get too focused on things that don’t matter if you worry about a “target audience”. You need to think about what is going on. Writing is …
My experience dealing with my mental health is the main focus of my current writing efforts. My personal health is not something I focus on. I like to think that I spend most of my time talking about mental health. My mental illness got the best of me at times in my life, whether it …
Write because you need to. You can ask a thousand writers why they write, and you will get many different answers. They will include terms like side hustle and to help others. There is only one reason to write on paper, and that is because you must. Every other reason is not important. I get …
It would be easy for me to be out of shape. I was a fat kid because I grew up in a poor rural area where health literacy is low and the rates of obesity are high. I stayed fat as an adult because I was too busy to exercise regularly. I did not prioritize …
An open letter to anyone who is struggling to get healthier. Read More »
I have been stuck in that fog for the past two months. Mostly personal reasons. I needed to take care of my health. I think that is a good reason to stop and focus on the present. Most things are pointless if you don’t have a healthy body and mind. There is a space between …
The morning after the night before hurts and I’m not sure if I’ll make it to the bathroom without vomiting on myself. I haven’t had a meal in two days. The kind of nausea you get after your brain is called empty nausea. The three days of despair were brutal and I still call them …
Lockdown and chronic depression are two different things. Read More »
