One of my passions is to spread awareness about mental illness. I have written a lot about how to be strong, how to move forward in life, how to not succumb to these terrible illnesses. What kind of person would I be to only discuss the highs? My mental health lately has been appalling. I … Continue reading All of my thoughts for your entertainment
Grief Grief fucking sucks. For the past 8 years, I have read countless articles in an attempt to understand what I am going through. I never got any helpful information from these articles because no one can rationally explain grief and you don't know what it feels like until you have lost someone you love, … Continue reading Grief, There’s A Catch
How To Support A Loved One Who Happens To Have A Mental Illness... Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash I recently read (for a second time) a wonderful piece written by Becca Risa Luna on How To Support Your Loved One With A Mental Illness and thought it would be a great idea to write a similar post … Continue reading How To Support Your Loved One Who Happens To Have A Mental Illness
The ultimate list of journal prompts for when you've lost yourself... I think that every now and again we go through periods where we lose touch with ourselves. I find it so easy to one day be on a good wavelength with myself and then the next day not be able to recognize my own … Continue reading My Personal List Of Journal Prompts
Hello, hello! With the recent news of Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, and so many others who suffer with mental illness, I wanted to share some of my journal entries throughout the past year in hopes of showing you that writing can be extremely therapeutic and to show you that you aren’t alone in whatever you … Continue reading A Look Inside My Journal During My Darkest Days
When I started this blog I never thought that I would be "reviewing" or discussing a tv show but because 13 Reasons Why stirs up a lot of conversation, I thought that I might as well add my input in regardless if you asked for it or not because I have seen a lot of … Continue reading 13 Reasons Why
I have wanted to talk about this for such a long time because this person and situation really had a huge impact on my life. I always felt like I couldn’t talk about it because then more rumors would be started about me or even more people wouldn’t like me. Thankfully I have learned that … Continue reading To the Girl Who Made My Life a Living Hell…
How I cope with anxiety... It's important for me to mention that I am not a doctor, a professional, or anyone you should be seeking medical advice from. I'm just here to talk about what helps me cope with my anxiety. I don't remember when I first started to have anxiety but what I do … Continue reading How I Cope With Anxiety
I have sat here for 20 minutes thinking of a way to start this post to engage with the readers but there really isn't any good or appealing way to talk about this. This isn't a sexy subject to talk about. I had an appointment scheduled for this morning with my grief counselor. I have … Continue reading Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Part of me is nervous about putting this out into the world for strangers to read and judge but I recognize that I am not the person that I was when this happened. I was a sophomore in high school who's mom had just died the year prior. I was forced by the state to … Continue reading Suicide
