Poetry Lovers by B.Demaere

As we painfully go through the attacks from the Coronavirus, we hear, at least here in my country, Canada about the "New Normal".  That is interesting to me because I find a connection with mental illness as well. We, in our society thrive to be "Normal"  what is normal?  Are we all normal or do we all have a mental illness of some kind?  That is an interesting question for you to ponder sometimes.  Then, if you please answer the question that all society wants to answer...What is normal?  How can we be normal if we are all different and is mental illness part of that difference? The same for me had to happen with my "New Normal" found mental illness that happened to the whole world a few months ago.  I am disabled, right now I can't have a job because of stress related situations.  You wouldn't believe how difficult for me it was to convince the government that I had a disability because other than physical it can't be a disability, right? Thi...

Yesterday, we were talking about the common new Coronavirus and then I felt these poor people hear it from the media all the time.  I felt, though, that when I have a problem in my life as much as I am aware of.  It's better to deal with it first and not to procrastinate about it because somehow the problem becomes overwhelming to me.  Thank God and to my mental illness that's what I have learned.  So in a way, the Coronavirus and my mental illness have helped me.  Listen to this,  I used to get depressed just about my own mental illness and all the medications I am still taking.  Believe me there is nothing wrong with a Christian taking drugs as long as they make him a better person.  I need them, but most of all it's God whom I need.   Anyway, the title today is "Coffee Break".  Well, what I mean by that is that after every big stress in your life you need a break and then...you have to take it.  Don't procrastinate on that now! I...

First of all, welcome to my new blog!   If you know me from my other blog: 'Promise to Keep' you will know that I am a Christian and I don't hide although sometimes it might make people wonder how good of a Christian I really am.  My mental illness might cloud my attitude to life although I don't want to make that an excuse for not being the Christian I am supposed to be.  Because of my illness I don't see perfection of any kind to be attainable. Anyway, we are here to talk about the Coronavirus and my struggle with it.  I try to be informed as much as I can.  But at one point, it reached information overload and I get really frustrated with people being TOO cautious about the infection.  People in the world at large do not understand the toll it has on the humans struggling with depression 24/7.  Because having a mental illness is just as serious as Covid-19 and you can die from it too.  Mental illness is way under estimated by people.  By p...