Mental Health
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I’m writing this the night before my book is released. It’s late, and I should be in bed. But I just can’t sleep to shut my brain off to allow myself to drift off to sleep. So instead, I’m up, on my people eating couch (it’s super comfy, I love this couch) watching Bones for
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There are moments in life when you wonder if you’ve really moved forward in life. If you’ve broken the habits that have plagued your past and caused you so much anxiety you can hardly think about it. I’ll be the first one to tell you, those are fears I have daily. That some toxic trait
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They say if you want to make the universe laugh, tell it your plans. Goodness isn’t that true. There are many things about the last several weeks that have given truth to that statement. I think that the thing that has me really laughing is how the universe has shown me how wrong some of
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I have officially been at my job for a whole year. This is crazy to me. Really, what is crazy is how much my life has changed in that time. I’m divorced, I’ve moved back to the city I swore I wouldn’t live in again, and overall I think I’m happy. This has been a
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I’ve officially moved in both my personal life and my work life. The last two weeks have been pure chaos, but I am through them, and I really am starting to feel a lot better. It still looks like a bomb went off in my apartment (we don’t have a dumpster or recycling so I’m
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Have you ever just done something, partially on a whim, and just felt instant relief? I feel that today as I decided that going back to school right now isn’t what is best for me. As much as I want to finish my degree, my life isn’t in a place where it’s doable for me.
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Have you ever woken up and just felt completely off? And I don’t mean like woken up and you feel sick, but just off. Emotionally, you just feel off. It’s an odd feeling, and usually, I can figure out why. But today I’m not all that sure. It is just a day where it feels
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Most of my favorite songs can be considered “sad” songs. My mom once asked me for a list of songs that I listen to that make me feel happy. Yeah, it was a list of mostly sad songs. I have always been this way. I’m not really sure why, but the sad songs really speak
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My writing process may seem a little different to you, as I do most of it in my bed. I write it out in my journal and then type it up. Something about handwriting my work makes it feel more like me. Sometimes I like to smoke a little first, and then put my headphones
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LightheadedNauseous Painful. No one should have to work this wayYet I’m expected to.You need your hand held.You need someone else to do the work, Take the time,Make sure it’s right. You take vacation after vacationYet the one time I need to stay home sickYou make me feel like shit.