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Catatonic Kid: A Mind Boiling Over
http://catatonickid.wordpress.com/
I'm a young, professional Australian female learning to live and love. This blog is about psychology, mental health, politics, satire, silliness, complexity, poetry, women's issues, current events, self-esteem, spirituality and determination. I'm also a singer, editor, writer/lyricist, photographer, dreamer with a love of life despite its challenges or perhaps because of them.
I share my insights about living with depression (like my Father, and his Father before him and his Father before him… you get the idea) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Note, I say I live with these illnesses rather than suffer from them. Don’t get me wrong, they’re hardly pleasant but live with them I must.
I'm a fan of synchronicity and I aim to be all about confounding expectations.
- Author: Catatonic Kid
- Listed in: Personal Health
- Tags: depression anxiety life humor Psychology stress
Recent Posts
Those SINsational dreams…
Woke up this morning feeling like I’d spent the past several days drinking absinthe with Aleister Crowley and followed it up with enough Acid to trip-out a troop of hardy circus clowns. Am having issues with the world. Would boycott but seems u...
Rapidfire Update & Taoist Trauma (opinions welcome)
i’d really like your thoughts on something but first, a wee update. life got annoyingly life-like recently, hence lack of bloggy goodness…between the ongoing tension headache stuff and the coordinating transcontinental property transfers ...
Schrödinger’s Migraine? skeptics, stress & serotonin.
this is a decidedly curious ‘migraine’. it has been about 72 hours now, give or take. i could call something at the start of the week a prodrome. or not. i could just as easily have been having one of those days. at this point it could...
Real Regrettable Retro Ads (Satire Sunday)
some ‘worst slogan ever’ contenders in this lot: *shudder* and is it just me or does this look an awful lot like Demi Moore Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver? Srsly?! OK, so that last one’s a ringer but the rest are all the real McCo...
i should have… (Practical PTSD VI)
once the trauma’s over, we tend to look back and wonder. and part of that looks like “why didn’t i just… [fill in the blank]” or “i should have, could have, would have….” there are lots of stories you c...
speechless second chances.
words wander, in tight-knit circles, nearer bound and boundless dread. each moment cast with an iron sinker but all the same, round about — an approximate language i’m certain we once spoke. it is the language the moon dreamt, when time w...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 4.93 out of a possible 5 based on 14 comments.
G.
Simple n' Clean look with expressive and insightful content. Go and take a look right now and read some of the deep and genuine thoughts of Catatonic Kid.
Sharon
From what you write, I can tell you write from the heart. This is just brilliant and well done. Keep up the good work, you have great talent. May you be blessed!
Svasti
Great to hear another female voice out there from Australia writing on the topic of depression. I enjoy the freshness of your turn of phrase and I plan to keep tabs on your future posts. :)
Geoffrey
Insightful, beautiful, intelligent, well-written, cogent and engaging! CK's conscious struggle with emotional difficulty is inspiring as it is courageous. I admire and respect her for that. AND it's an extremely good read!
The Village Not Idiot
A clever view of life and its changes. Well worth reading and return visits!!
P. Hodak
Hey, thanks for leaving the positive message on my profile. Your blog is also good, very insightful in dealing with your struggles. I actually work in a mental health profession so I know what you're dealing with, I just don't talk about it on my blogs because I'm fond of seperating work and fun. Keep up the good work, I see you get a lot of traffic and comments already.
Doc
A completely honest, open, and disarming look at depression, stigma, and life in general. It is well written and down to Earth at the same time. I liked it!
Edilberto Gonzalez Trejos
Ambitious: sensible + sensitive.
Artistic and educational, highly recommended!
Sarah
An honestly raw site that opens you up to what's in her mind. Beautifully delivered. A site to come back to.
Tim Marshall
It isn't often I find a blog that treats life with such intelligence and genuine feeling. I actually feel priviledged to have been here and will be returning asap
Shiv
Insightful and very intelligent blog that succeeds at being far far more than your average "depressed person" blog. Catatonickid has a skill with words, and a mind sharp enough to really see what's happening around and inside us. I will be following this blog regularly, i recommend you do the same!
Ekim
An incredibly well worded blog powered by a delightfully creative mind.
I love this blog. Period.
Posted: May 10th, 2009 | More Reviews From justana | Report This Comment