Wednesday - A Mind is a Terrible Thing (or it can be)

[ninanevermore]

Driving into work today, I left the radio off. The silence in my head was so loud that it drowned out any music my receiver could pick up floating on the airwaves.

The silence in my head is giving me a headache this morning. The silence is so loud I want to cry.

I'm worried I may be losing my mind. Usually when that happens, I find it in the nearest gutter and I can retrieve it. Still, that first moment when I notice that my mind is lost always causes a bit of a panic, with me frantically looking everywhere for my lost mind. It always turns up, either in the gutter or in the last place I remember being and having a rational thought.

Last night, I found it in the couch cushions.

Comments

[noblwish.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind that many new Moms don't experience Post-Partum Depression until several months after the birth of their child. Courtney Cox Arquette has gone public with her own experiences with PPD, and they didn't come on until 6 months after the birth.

You may want to ask your doctor about it, just in case. It ain't fun, but you're not alone.

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Aly, I've always been crazy. Always. No crazier now than I've ever been. In fact, I'm closer to sane than I've been at a lot of points in my life. I took Paxil for a long time. I know about depression and all the magic pills out there to fix it.

I still don't know how my mind got into the couch cushions, though. That worries me. I usually leave it on the coffee table if I don't plan on using it for awhile. If I hadn't also been looking for the TV remote, I may never have found it there.

Still, it's not as bad as the time I found it in the refrigerator.

[noblwish.livejournal.com]

Better than down the garbage disposal, I'll bet! Or a trash compactor? Wow... what a migraine THAT would cause!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

I think that would just lead to shredded thoughts and dreams, never a good thing.