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bluesilk

Hello to anyone reading this :~) I have had issues with Depression, Anxiety and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome over the past ten years or so. I'm a 29 year old female living in the UK. When I blog I don't restrict myself to health issues, although they do play a big role when my problems are flaring... Full Bio
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A death, a birthday by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression I’m not close to my neighbours and we are not of the same cultural background.  The grandma who lives a couple of houses down from me has died.  I only found out w ... Read on »
Tinker Tailer is an odd film plus whatever else comes to mind by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy – based on the John Le Carre novel, watched as a result of getting acquainted with Cumberbatch as Sherlock.  What else has he done?  Is i ... Read on »
Type ‘A’ Personality by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression   Just wondering, was there a poll when they allocated letters of the alphabet to personality types?  If so, did the Type A’s (driven, neurotic, anxious, perfe ... Read on »
Sherlock – BBC series – death by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression I watched the last season 2 finale of Sherlock tonight.  Well, I missed the first fifteen minutes, so I didn’t really know why Moriarty was in custody and Sherlock ... Read on »
Self Doubt and my perfectionist trait by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression   I attended the first session of a photography course this week.  It is an interest I developed (no pun), probably through the monotony of being in one or tw ... Read on »
New Year’s List (+ why resolutions don’t work) by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression I don’t have resolutions.  I’m going to give you a choice – a cerebral la-di-da reason (go to answer ‘a’), and a down-t-to-earth reason (go to answer ‘b’) t ... Read on »
Relative Strangers by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression I have mentioned that we have our Christmas with relatives – aunts, my Mum, Dad, sister, some other halves, cousins, and then there are The Others.  The ones who a ... Read on »
Christmas Cake = It’s a Wonderful Life (of weird food combos) by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression I cannot understand the appeal this stuff has with our nation? For anyone uninitiated, Christmas cake is mainly about WRINKLY FRUIT WHITE ICING ... Read on »
What Does Christmas Mean by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression   It’s not a hard question. I grew up in a Catholic family. Christ was born on Christmas Day. Hence: Christ + Mass = Big Day   Now I skip the Mass bit, So I am left with Chr ... Read on »
Depression Poem by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression             Read on »
My 8 year-old niece dances like a ‘Ho by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression This is something that has been in my thoughts for a while.  I feel really uncomfortable when I see the dance moves my cute young niece innocently – and, it has to b ... Read on »
It’s A Wonderful Life – in black and white, or colour? by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression View This Poll I was returning a printer cable I borrowed from my uncle.  This was a few days ago.  While I was there he had on, the classic Christmasy film with Jam ... Read on »
weight a minute by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression   I’m supposed to be going to the gym today. I am going because if I don’t I’ll end up eating biscuits. I’m also going to keep a toe in, so it doesn’t be ... Read on »
Ebay, howdy, and November by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression First of all, Howdy! It’s been a while.  but we must all have more than one string to our bow. Today I write to you in the warmth of bed, being too grouchy a ... Read on »
Screw it…chronological posting not my thing by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression …so I was going to try to create some posts that led on naturally – i.e. the ‘I went to Bestival’ should have been followed by ‘How things went at Bestival’.  Though ... Read on »
Festival experience by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression   I’ve annoyed myself by tapping out a longish post on my experience of doing a music festival and getting half of it deleted through a disconnection.  Bah! ... Read on »
I’m attending Bestival (and I’m nervous as hell) by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression First of all, it’s been ages since my last post.  The reason is I had enough with repeating myself (“” “I’m super depressed today” ““ So I made a pact to post on ... Read on »
a lily by any other name would smell as bad by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression         Oh, Lily, I did not expect thee, your essence erased from my memory. My, my, we meet again, Your once forgott ... Read on »
Boredom in depression by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression   I am so fucking bored I want to chew my own hand off. “Well, what do you want to do then, if you’re bored?” “It’s not that kind of bored that I can thi ... Read on »
TV Crushes – deep south dramas by bluesilk Posted in: Blog Posts in Depression I’m currently infatuated with the influx of American deep south drama and the actors represented in said dramas.  In particular, Timothy Olyphant (I know, stupid las ... Read on »