Post Traumatic Stress Disorder entered our lives shortly after our fifth wedding anniversary. It wasn’t the first test we had faced. We were a strong team.
I Don’t
I don’t run, of fear to fall. I don’t write, of fear to disappoint. Sometimes, I do things. Sometimes, I manage. But I’m just so afraid.
The Trauma of Suicide
Our loved ones did not die of ‘suicide’, or the methods that the Press should be ashamed of reporting. They died of mental illness, and we need parity.
Psychotic Cycle – My monthly cycle and suicidal ideation
Life was beautiful. It was the last week of the month. I looked up at the top of the building and thought, ‘I sure would like to jump off that!’
Presence and Gratitude
Two feelings signal to me that I am experiencing happiness. Presence and gratitude. For now, I feel grateful and present in the place that I am in.
Journaling – Five ways to get started
In my recent crisis I found journaling a wonderful way to release my spinning negative thoughts. If you don’t know where to start, try some of these ideas.
Grounding Techniques to Stay in Today
By definition being grounded means being completely aware and conscious during the moment you are living in. You rarely worry about what might happen.
Pedestals and People
A pattern of intense & unstable interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.
Guarded Strings
i don’t know how, but you did. you carved into my chest like a daisy’s root into soil. the tender tears of slow devotion that left a certain mark.
Something Inside
The thoughts in my head, the fears in my heart, sometimes it’s just way too much. I try, and I breathe, and I live, and so repeat.
Watch your language! Is the terminology we use important?
How you claim and put stock into labels about your illness and your world is up to you. I personally feel it’s important not to get tangled up in semantics.
When my thoughts escape
Twelve months ago today I closed the door, actually slammed it shut, and walked away from a negative and damaging situation I had stayed in.