Ru Takes on Depression

Hello readers, I want to start off with an apology for not writing for the last few weeks. Today's subject is not the one that I planned on blogging about a few weeks ago. When I began to reflect on that topic, I realized I was not quite ready to write about that part of my life. I had many flashbacks and panic attacks about it. There will be a time that I'll be ready to divulge that part of my life, but right now is not the time. I hope that you can understand that and accept my apology. That being said, in light of the recent holidays and all the events that have happened around the world the last couple of weeks, I thought this was a good subject to write about. It's one that I had the hardest time explaining to my therapist, but it sounds so easy and right in my head. It's probably not going to be a very long entry, but I hope that it helps you gain insight into who I am. Today I'm talking about my faith. I was bought up in a Catholic household. Growing up, ...

Dear readers, Good morning and happy April! It's a very rainy morning here in Georgia, but April showers bring May flowers. It also clears the pollen out of the air to help those of us with allergies breathe. It also washes all the pollen off of cars and outdoor furniture... Well sorta. There's a slurry yellow mud-like substance on my porch. Anyway, I'm not going to lie. I struggled with coming up for a topic to write about this week. I've  been feeling pretty good this week, so there wasn't anything in that direction that came to mind. Then I remembered how much I have mentioned my husband and his Asperger's in earlier entries and how I promised I would write about him and how my depression reacts to his condition. Since April is National Autism Awareness Month and Tuesday was World Autism Awareness Day, I thought this would be a perfect subject for this week. Asperger Syndrome or AS is generally a high functioning form of autism. It's a developmental d...