Overcoming Schizophrenia

I am alone, and not lonely. I’ve been performing different homemade self-love activities to nurture and to love and to pamper myself with a level of contentment of satisfying my own loving demands.  Last week I created a bulletin board of a collage collective of old greeting cards that my family and friends gave me. I included hand-written notes from friends, and pictures of myself and family. Today, I researched and printed lyrics of songs that identifies my spirit and self-care needs for right now. I really listened to the music’s words, and not just the tune, and beat; like I usually do.  These two songs spoke to the essence of my self-care identity, for now... 1)  Monica, “Love All Over Me” …I got love all over me, And I don’t want to get it off… Even my skin is changing, I’m feeling warmer… You put the color back in my life... 2)  Tink, “Treat Me Like Somebody” Somebody real is hard to find, Somebody worth all your time, ...

I understand how many readers may feel like I left everyone hanging, because I did… my commitment to my employer, my family and parenting, and straight up- my not-up-to-par self-care habits. It goes back to seasonal coping skills and lifetime coping demands; which I will forever seek balance. Writing in its diverse forms such as journaling and blogging is important to me. My writing is a must for me, to express myself by reflection, connect with others in order to expand my understanding of self and to relate; as well as to better function at a better than average degree on the scale and spectrum of my wellness… I am still here. I am still well. And I am still striving for a good life in my recovery, which forever shifts and changes…still I am me, overcoming my mental health conditions, and life’s uneasiness, and yet, and still; life’s pleasantness, at the same time!  I love myself because I am learning how to embrace my flaws that I usually aim to remove in thought, fantasy, ...