I anticipate that “awkward silence”. A big, black rain cloud moving closer to you, over you, as if all of a sudden, you get soaked and everyone else is dry.
Dear Depression
You completely dominated my life, and I watched, helpless, from a tiny glass room inside my head. You snaked around every part of my brain.
Tears Won’t Come
My eyes sting with the start of tears, but they just don’t want to come out. Maybe letting them all go would help, but would I be able to stop?
Nobody gets me
Nobody cared. I would cry myself to sleep, scream along to Simple Plan, but no one ever entered my room to ask if I was okay, and I kept sinking.
The Criminalization of Mental Illness
My schizophrenia emerged at university. I kept turning up at the department offices and behaving bizarrely. I needed help, but instead I was arrested.
Anxiety and why the only way is through it
It’s come as a shock to me that reducing anxiety isn’t what I need to be doing. That if you’re going through hell, you need to keep going.
I’ll never have that
The special something that bewitched me | I’ll never have that | That lingering hug | I’ll never have that | The look that says ‘I want you’
My First CBT session
Everything she said rung true, and I cried. I think they were tears of relief or happiness that she plucked that example out of thin air.
I Choose To Forgive
As a Christian, I look to the scriptures for examples on how I should live my life. I’m sharing why I choose to forgive and some tips on letting go.
How to Overcome being Overwhelmed by Life
If you have ever gone from being an overcomer to feeling completely defeated, this blog is for you. How I am dealing with being overwhelmed.
Depression is not beautiful
depression is not beautiful | everything is overwhelming, dark and sad | even when it’s sunny, you see dark clouds | it’s a mental breakdown every day
Here We Go Again
My head is chaos. Here we go again. Paranoia creeps in round the edges, and I start to notice those intense feelings of panic.