The lasting impact of suicide on loved ones is close to my heart. I’m holding back tears. Please stay safe. Talk to someone. If only he had known.
Too many questions
By Sophie Ann what is it? is it raw emptiness that fills my body throughout each day, every wake feeling more exhausting than the last? the airy emotion that is plastered with a smile, the “normal me” I force myself to play at school? is it the constant tapping inside Continue Reading
Black Boots – my best friend’s funeral
I need to choose some boots to wear to my best friend’s funeral. She is gone and it is too late. No boots I buy can bring her back.
I Hurt – Graveyard Grief
By Sophie Ann I hurt. I ache all over. My limbs weary and dehydrated from the tears I cried in that empty yard behind the tall church, the horses staring in confusion. I spoke to you like you were there, telling you the recent events of school and the stress from Continue Reading
Divorce is like an atom bomb
By Jonathan Reyes Divorce is like an atom bomb going off in a huge megatropolis that was your world. It blows away everything you once knew, destroys a lifestyle that you were used to. It wrecks relationships and families that you once had… Most of the tall breathtaking skyscrapers that Continue Reading
Depression and searching for love
By Chemene You never really know yourself until you experience depression. It forces you to examine and re-examine your thoughts, your fears, your love, tests your limits and it breaks your boundaries. It made me realise I’m still searching for love – the love I wasn’t given as a child. Continue Reading
Early days of loss
By Sophie Ann The Pain Sits There It sits in my stomach, like a balloon. just blocking the path for food, keeping me full for starving days. The pain sits there, making me feel sick and weighed down by the regret and things I should’ve said, and the things I Continue Reading
The long term effects of grief
By Sophie Ann I stare at the gloomy reflection on my wall: the tired under-eyes growing dark with fatigue and messy hair shoved up in a halfhearted bun, not even attempting to reach on the desk for my brush. Want, desire, need: I’m longing for that one close hug that would lift every Continue Reading
Facing the reality of loss
By Stayingalive123 A member of my family is currently battling cancer at the moment and unfortunately, they are terminal. I have been lucky enough not to have had to deal with watching someone battle this awful disease before. Facing the reality, I can tell you, I never want to see Continue Reading