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Depression Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/depression/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:56:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Depression Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/depression/ 32 32 184530663 Leaky Breasts and Other Hot Messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:56:02 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4332 Recently, while at work at the psychiatric hospital, I caught a glimpse of myself in a patient’s bathroom mirror and noticed a large wet spot on my t-shirt just below my left breast. It was an odd location for a spill, but I chalked it up to my clumsiness and threw on a hoodie to […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/feed/ 2 4332 It’s Time To Turn In Our Shoelaces https://cindydeboer.com/2022/06/09/its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces https://cindydeboer.com/2022/06/09/its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:58:21 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4310 I am a psychiatric nurse at a mental hospital. The single most important objective at the hospital – one that every single employee can tell you verbatim – is to keep people safe when they are at risk to harm themselves or others. We offer many other helpful services beyond that one objective; but primarily, […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/06/09/its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces/feed/ 7 4310 Same Kind of Wounds as Me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=same-kind-of-wounds-as-me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:07:13 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4302 I noticed her and those tell-tale marks on her face from far across the room. At the first break of our writer’s conference, I ran over to her, breathless with anticipation. “Hey, I don’t mean to be weird or anything, but I notice that you have nasal cannula indentations on your cheeks, and I know […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/feed/ 20 4302 Ode To A Lumpy Body https://cindydeboer.com/2022/02/18/ode-to-a-lumpy-body/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ode-to-a-lumpy-body https://cindydeboer.com/2022/02/18/ode-to-a-lumpy-body/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:33:30 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4290 Hairy legs and sun-burnt nose When at the beach, anything goes. Unbrushed teeth and happy-hour drinks This much I know: my breath stinks. Fish for dinner plus a fruity potion Diet be damned, I'm at the ocean. Sand in my bed, and in my salt-fried hair, Sir, what is the time? Wait. Why do I […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/02/18/ode-to-a-lumpy-body/feed/ 16 4290 Invisibly Dying – A Lament For Those With Chronic Illness https://cindydeboer.com/2022/01/15/invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness https://cindydeboer.com/2022/01/15/invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:01:17 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4275 Our ancient windows are no match for this stiff north wind. Our curtains tremble – just like me. Neighbors on both sides are sleeping. I know this for sure. These urban homes practically touch – holding hands across shared driveways - making daily routines no secret. But the rest of our quirky neighborhood will keep […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/01/15/invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness/feed/ 27 4275 Thanksgiving Eve Sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanksgiving-eve-sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:34:08 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4245 Sometimes holidays conjure up more pain and despair than joy and celebration. That’s true for me, anyway, on the day before Thanksgiving. It was 2013 and with the table set, the turkey stuffed, and pies complete, my husband and I spent the day before Thanksgiving driving to Ann Arbor to meet with a pulmonology specialist. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/feed/ 33 4245 I Will Send You Flowers https://cindydeboer.com/2021/02/25/i-will-send-you-flowers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-will-send-you-flowers https://cindydeboer.com/2021/02/25/i-will-send-you-flowers/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:36:41 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=4163 I first realized I had a problem in the middle of the night. Since Mr. Insomnia is a regular third partner in our marriage bed, it was nothing new for me to still be wide awake at 3 a.m. But as I stared blankly at the ceiling for what felt like hours, the dark thoughts […]

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