Shame, Worry, Mental Prison

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Here are today's picks, which I hope will brighten your day in some way!

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer

                             Reader's Digest

When you distance yourself from negativity...beautiful things happen.

                              The Cat Site

Get out of mental jail free - you are released for crimes committed while scared, hungry or heartbroken. Plus for yelling at your kid when you were tired. Hiding in the bathroom at parties because people are exhausting. Canceling plans because your anxiety said, "Absolutely not today." Still being triggered by that thing from childhood. Eating snacks for dinner because your depression said, "no cooking." Proceed directly to your life. Do not pass judgement. Do not collect additional shame. - Karen Salmansohn

                          Your To Die For Life

Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. - Unknown

                            Mommy Moment

Shame is the warm feeling that washes over us, making us feel small, flawed and never good enough. - Brene Brown

                              Dwell in Magic

Shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us. - Ann Patchett

                               Coolnsmart

Shame shouldn't be a symptom of mental illness.

                     Made of Millions Foundation

Having depression is like being in a mental prison - at first, you experience intense sadness, grief or even anger...but over time you get deflated and end up feeling paralyzingly numb. You are imprisoned in your "inner world" and can't engage with the "outer world". You can't feel anything.

                      The Depression Project

I've got the key to my mental prison, but I keep misplacing it between all these "what ifs?!"

                         Door to Self Growth

Your mind can be either your prison or your palace. What you make it is yours to decide. - Bernard Kelvin Clife

                          Wisdom Made Easy

The difference between shame and guilt is the difference between I am bad and I did something bad.

                            Dr. Brene Brown

Stop worrying about people that aren't worried about you.

Worrying is blurrying. It stops you from seeing clearly.

Karen Salmansohn

I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's there to be ashamed of? - J.K. Rowling

Heal Thy Ram

No one would ever tell a cancer patient to "Just get over it." Why people think they can tell those with a mental illness as much is baffling. - Sara Ella, Coral

Tokyo Mental Health

Welcome to Canada...

Winter starts at 6:00 a.m.

Spring is at 10:00 a.m.

Summer hits at 2:00 p.m.

And Fall should show up around 4:30 ish  

Dress accordingly.  :)

Thunder Dungeon

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. - Brene Brown

Coolnsmart

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. - Deepak Chopra

You are a prisoner of your own mind.

Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere. - Erma Bombeck

Patients Engage

Put your worries in a bubble and blow them away.

Daily Inspirational Quotes

The following photos are my own, which I took on my cellphone here in Montreal on January 8th. It was a cloudy day, but beautiful and mild. You can click on any image to see a larger view.

The following video is a Just for Laughs Gag (Juste pour Rire in French) done here in Montreal. Enjoy!  :)

Whale Protects Diver from Shark (The Dodo)

Kodachrome by Paul Simon

Carroll O'Connor Sings Ending Theme of "All in the Family" (I remember this closing theme song but only the instrumental version, which was played at the end of "All in the Family". I never knew the lyrics to this song until I listened to Carroll O'Connor singing in this video.

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