Posted by Helena Smole in Relationships
on Nov 2nd, 2009
Do you watch or read the news regularly? How many good things, events, phenomena are presented there? Almost none. Does it mean that good things rarely even happen? So you can look around and try to make them happen. You don’t need any spare time to wait a few seconds and hold the door for the neighbor climbing the stairs that lead to the main entrance of the building you live in. Neither do you need any spare time to smile to your neighbors instead of just saying Hi with a dull expression on your face.
Of course if you happen to have spare time, you can inquire in your local neighborhood whether...
Posted by Helena Smole in Schizoaffective disorder
on Oct 27th, 2009
It’s a lovely coffee bar I am sitting in this afternoon. Alone – for I need a break. Some hours of solitude per week are my absolute need. To help facilitate the brain to calm down. I sit here alone which is less common than sitting in a pair or a group. I write while sipping my cappuccino. Which is even less common. I look at the people at the other tables and I can’t get rid of the thought: »They think I am a lunatic.« It’s the self-programming of a psychiatric patient that is ON in my brain now. It’s not reality. I don’t actually act weird. It’s just less...
Posted by Helena Smole in Schizoaffective disorder
on Oct 19th, 2009
Today I want to share with you something that might be useful to you. It’s autumn now in Europe, the States etc. Have you tried walking in a forest? It’s great. I noticed that the older I get the more I am impressed by the warm autumn colors ranging from brown to yellow. I enjoy the whole palette: orange, crimson, scarlet, pale yellow, intense yellow and of course the soothing brown.
Yesterday I went picking chestnuts in the woods. I heard nothing but the birds, the cracking of old branches and the falling of chestnuts to the ground. The sun gave the reddish bark of pine trees a magical...
Posted by Helena Smole in Schizoaffective disorder
on Oct 12th, 2009
Hi everyone! People with and people without the schizoaffective disorder!
There is no crucial difference. Just that us – people with this disorder – have a bit more sensitive brain than others. We can be totally lovable though.
Here is what happened to me a few days ago.
First I should tell you that I am writing a book about my experience with the schizoaffective disorder. The experience is beginning to be so much fun I want to share it with you.
As I am not a famous writer I figured the best way to sell my book would be to self-publish. So parallel to writing the book I study and plan the...