Pattons Picks

13/02/2026

It's Friday ya'll! The light at the end of tunnel is there, (for most of us.) It's normal if you are tired, get yourself something special, or do something that makes you happy.

Archie is sleepy too!

13/02/2026

Dogs don't argue with you, they don't lie (except on grounds, floors, couches and beds.) Dogs don't know if you own a small home, or big one. In fact, dogs don't even care what your house looks like. Dogs don't judge how you look, or avoid you when you have had a bad day. Dogs love without conditions. Dogs provide comfort and company and their presence can be life changing. Dogs deserve love, proper care (bathing, brushing, food, water, shelter, and vet checks,) and that's really it. They don't ask for anything in return, just love... 💕🦮🐕

Happy Valentines Day from our pups to you! You are "poodles" of a "dog gone" special, unreplaceable human, don't you forget it! 🩷❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️

29/01/2026

Introducing our latest pup. We will be getting back online making more posts and taking ya'll on our adventures! Stay tuned.

30/10/2025

What would you like to know and/or curious about in reference to Electroconvulsive Treatments?

(I had them from March through August of this year.) It helped me more than medications and therapy alone has. It sounds strange and "out there," but sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone to bring true happiness and peace to your life.

25/09/2025

September was first declared as National Su***de Prevention Month Awareness Month in 2008. Since then, September has been a time to acknowledge those affected by su***de, raise awareness and connect individuals with suicidal ideation to treatment services.

What does a Suicidal person look like?

Sometimes it can be disassociating, disinterested in things that they once loved, crying spells and or feeling really down about themselves, sometimes it is feeling extremely on edge and unable to tolerate life and especially stressful situations, somtimes it is comments like, "I would be better of dead."
Orrrr.... it may look like none of that. Sometimes it is someone hating themselves inside, someone so depressed they don't tell anyone because they think they would be a burden, someone so anxious that they can't even outwardly react to a situation because they are in such a state of disassociation. They are dealing with a war inside their mind that everything around them barely exists.

I am embarrassed to share, but being vulnerable often helps others. So here's me one of the times I have felt suicidal. I was mostly silent about my suffering until the intrusive thoughts of su***de became too much. I knew I needed help. Only once did I almost actually die by su***de. But many times I wanted to. I've lost two siblings to su***de as well as my Dad's best friend. It is a haunting reality. Something families and friends never recover from. I am SO thankful for the First Responders Clinic and the help I have received since my work incident so I can be here for my family and friends but also for myself to experience life, watch my children grow up make wonderful memories with them.

14/08/2025

When the world feels too much and you don't feel like enough... when you are struggling to see your worth but everyone else does... when everything feels like it is crashing down, here's a reminder that it won't last forever, when drowning feels like the only way... here's your life preserver.

Read this on the days your mind feels loud.