•      It is, indeed, the Holiday Season.  And is it hitting me hard.  I feel completely anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, as I seem to feel every year, at Christmas time.      Yesterday morning, I woke up extremely anxious.  I became angry with my husband because he didn’t have much…

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  •      I have been saddened by another massacre, committed, in an elementary school, in Connecticut.  The shooter was supposedly mentally ill.  This sickens me, because innocent children died, unmercifully.  And it sickens me, that because of this killer, the mentally ill population are given a bad reputation, therefore, increasing…

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  •      My life was going beautifully, happily, well, and I was so thankful, so grateful for it.       But this morning, I fell apart, crying for hours, for no obvious reason.  I guess that this must be the curse of Depression attacking me again.  It could also…

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  •      I went to church this morning.  It was a small victory.  I have only gone to church a handful of times, in over a year, for complicated reasons.  The reason that I had originally stopped going was because I became psychotic.  One day, sitting in my living room,…

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  •     It is now December, and winter is setting in both emotionally and environmentally.  It is so cold,  dark and cloudy here in New England, and I’m starting to feel it, deep within my soul.  The winter usually brings me the blues.  This year, so far, its been an…

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  •     It has been  weeks and weeks since my last blog entry.  My entries have been slowing down as my life triumphantly improves.  I’m still not sure how I feel about this.  I’d like to have the motivation to write more often, but I’m unsure what to write about,…

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  •      I am so, so very thankful that I didn’t get caught too deeply in middle of Hurricane Sandy. God Bless the people and animals  that are suffering or have died      I live near Boston, Massachusetts, but I was in Williamsburg, Virginia at the time.  It was…

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  • Dear Readers of “My Uncomfortable Mind”,      I just want to say, Thank You, for taking time, out of your busy life, to read about my personal journey.  It means the world so me.  I can’t believe how many readers there are, from many different countries.  The comments and…

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  •      It has been over 3 weeks, since my last blog entry…..the time just rushes by.  So I wanted to give an update.      At this point in my life, I am doing very well.  I feel happy, not depressed, which was rare for me.  It is such…

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  •       It has been over 3 weeks since Nana’s funeral.  It was a rocky road for a little while, but I am happy to say that I am doing remarkably well.       My therapist, told me that Nana’s death, and seeing my abusive father again, were…

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I’m Christine

My name is Christine and I am almost 45 years old. This is my very first blog. I am writing because I feel like I am living in a closet. But I am not gay, I am mentally ill, I have Schizoaffective Disorder. I also have PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Not many people know this about me. I have been fearful of “coming out”, because, frankly, the human population has not always been kind to people with mental illness. But isn’t it time that we come to accept all of our bothers & sisters, regardless of their differences?

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