We depressives are not so great at taking care of ourselves. But since the disease sucks all enjoyment out of our lives, it?s extremely important to pamper ourselves from time to time. We need to try to get in touch with our deadened senses and coax them back into being. Even if you don?t think that it?s important to pamper yourself, or you feel like you don?t have the energy, give one of these suggestions a shot.
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I knitted these trays out of Noro Kureyon using a pattern from the book Felted Knits as presents. For the smaller one, I just cut the number of stitches in half (30 as opposed to 60, I believe). I used color #115 on the bigger one and #148 on the smaller one. The colors are actually darker than they appear in the photo. I had to reset the washer three or four times before they felted sufficiently (I like to felt so there’s virtually no stitch definition left).
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I made this version of the Irish Hiking Scarf for a friend’s mother. I used Baby Alpaca Grande, which I love, in #567 using #11 needles since it’s bulky weight. I made only two cables instead of three, otherwise it would have been a shawl instead of a scarf! This color, by the way, is fairly hard to get at this point. I guess it’s a new color. I get my Baby Alpaca Grande from Discount Yarn Center on eBay. She has a nice selection at a good price.
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What is wrong with using the word ?madness?? I ask because over the years I have received several indignant emails from people insisting that I stop using the word in the title of my Web site, Wing of Madness. According to them, I?m adding to the stigma surrounding mental illness and am being politically incorrect to the extreme.
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Ever since I was diagnosed with depression, I dreaded the day when I became pregnant. Most antidepressants are in a class of drugs that are considered unsafe for the fetus in a variety of ways. I always planned to go off my antidepressants when I became pregnant, and was positive that I would spend the entire pregnancy depressed. The day I found out I was pregnant, I called my psychopharmacologist by prior arrangement, and he instructed me in how to wean myself off my meds. I was extremely apprehensive, but knew I had to do it for the baby?s sake.
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