Lighthearted

Sleep

by Bill Brenner November 26, 2010 Gratitude

Thanks to a strict food plan I follow to keep the binge-eating disorder in its box, I’m not walking around a bloated mess like I used to. Instead, I gorged on something else yesterday. Mood music: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axzRdFOYpqg&fs=1&hl=en_US] I napped in the morning, I napped in the afternoon and I have no regrets. I’ve always had an interesting relationship with sleep. Back when I was slowly destroying myself, I would fall asleep at all the wrong…  [Read More]

Stuff My Kids Say, Part 2

by Bill Brenner October 26, 2010 Children's issues

Sean and Duncan continue to give me a fresh perspective on a world that can be full of trouble. Life getting you down? Feel like shutting out the world? Read this instead. For more of the whit and wisdom of the Brenner boys, see last week’s post. –Duncan, watching a rack of CDs fall on a girl in the bookstore (the kid was freaked out): “I hope those CDs don’t get a scratch in them.” –Duncan:…  [Read More]

Things My Kids Say

by Bill Brenner October 21, 2010 Children's issues

When life gets you down and you feel like shutting out the world, a child’s perspective will always give you a mental boost. That’s what Sean and Duncan have taught me. They also know how to trigger my OCD-isms,  but I’ve covered that already. This post is all about their spirit-lifting wisdom. (Guest appearance by their cousin Madison.) –Heard in the bathroom: Sean singing to no one in particular, “Your butt’s too big to be real…”…  [Read More]

We Need Routines

by Bill Brenner August 16, 2010 Gratitude

Being the restless, boredom-shunning soul that I am, I always look forward to the next trip. But today I’m back to a more mundane routine, and I couldn’t be happier. As great as it is to bust out of the norm from time to time, we need our routines. Especially me. Mood music for this post: “Back in The Saddle” by Aerosmith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDKxUt9UkmU For starters, a routine is vital for someone in recovery from addiction…  [Read More]

Was Abe Lincoln Really Honest?

by Bill Brenner July 28, 2010 Lighthearted

Readers of this blog may have seen one of my earliest posts on Abraham Lincoln and how he suffered with serious mental illness and depression. I revere him because he developed his own coping mechanisms to rise above it in a time when there were no anti-depressant medicines and medical understanding of the problem was all but non-existent. It’s been written that his depression and the coping tools he developed actually fueled his greatness. The…  [Read More]

A Back-Breaking Attitude Adjustment

by Bill Brenner July 8, 2010 Fitness

Sometimes, you have to damage your back to realize how lucky you are. Mood music for this post: “Hell Hole” from Spinal Tap: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4cQMI2Lnxo&hl=en_US&fs=1] No, I didn’t break my back. But I did jolt my spine somewhere to the left of where it’s supposed to be. It hurts like hell. And yet I’m in a much better mood than I’ve been in recently. This injury may be the thing I needed to get over myself….  [Read More]

Everybody Wants Some

by Bill Brenner June 18, 2010 Lighthearted

Having had more than my fair share of insanity in life, I have a special appreciation for film clips that make fun of the crazies. Nobody nails it like the folks behind the movie “Better Off Dead.” How can you go wrong when David Lee Roth is reduced to hamburger meat? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz6Kcz62onA&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

The (Mostly) Lighter Side of THE OCD DIARIES

by Bill Brenner June 11, 2010 Lighthearted

Who says the author has no sense of humor? Mood music for this post: “Mother—– of the Year” by Motley Crue: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pA1ICeWMhY&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Some of the more light-hearted posts from the last couple months: Case study: Darth Vader and His Brother Chad The author finds a CNN article suggesting Darth Vader suffered from mental illness. Looking back, it all makes perfect sense. http://www.theocddiaries.com/2010/06/10/case-study-darth-vader-and-his-brother-chad/ The Case for Multiple Personalities The author embraces the multiple personalities in his…  [Read More]

Case study: Darth Vader and His Brother Chad

by Bill Brenner June 10, 2010 Lighthearted

The author finds a CNN article suggesting Darth Vader suffered from mental illness. Looking back, it all makes perfect sense. Mood music for this post: “The Imperial March” METAL version! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRWAi-OjdRg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Darth Vader is one of the most famous movie villains on the planet. He is responsible for billions of deaths. He let his temper get the better of him. But looking back, he was just another misunderstood sufferer of mental illness. CNN tells me…  [Read More]

OCD Group Therapy With Benefits

by Bill Brenner May 20, 2010 Lighthearted

Not sure why I found this amusing. But I did. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDuRbHd9Jcc&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

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