Did you ever think, “Am I the only one living this way or feeling this way?” I know I have!
PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH
After working on my mental health over the last year and making a decision to change careers, I have faced some roadblocks that are knocking my mental health backwards. I have been physically ill for a while now, but it has become much worse, and I am undergoing surgery soon. I was in the ER…
I DECIDE FROM NOW ON
I have long struggled with what other people think. How they believe I should feel, think, act, look, behave, ect… I am honestly tired of that and have found that it only ends up hurting me. No one can know me better than I know myself. No one has walked in my shoes or experienced…
JUMP, TAKE A RISK!
I did it! I leapt; I’m taking a risk! I am currently enrolled in school to get my state license as an independent health insurance agent, and I will be starting my own business. A completely new career. I am for the first time in my life, following my dreams and I have to say…
AFRAID OF WHAT’S THROUGH THERE
It can be very frightening to trust that what is through there, through the darkness, on the other side is going to be something wonderful. I think it can be even more of a challenge if in the past, what was on the other side, turned out to be hurtful or damaging to the mind,…
THAT VERSION OF HER IS DEAD
It has taken a long time but the person I used to be is gone and I will do everything in my power to never let her back. She was so broken from years of unimaginable abuse. That brokenness produced a very angry, hurtful, deceitful person. Her brokenness led her to seek comfort in drugs…
TIRED OF MAKING MYSELF SMALL
Seems that I have spent my whole life making myself into whatever it was that I thought would allow me to be noticed, to be worthy, and to be lovable and I am done doing that now. I have made myself weak, helpless, sick, perfect, thin, obedient and so many more things that I didn’t…
AN ESCAPE TO RESET
Sometimes while on the healing journey, you unintentionally go running at full speed into a brick wall. It’s not like you did this on purpose at all. You’re running because you are feeling energetic and excited about the journey, and things are going well. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere, BAM, full force…
Sometimes you have to let go
Sometimes you just have to realize that you’re not going to get the support and it’s going to hurt like hell. There comes a point when you have to realize that you have done all you can do to reach out, to be honest, to ask for what you need and you’re just not going…
STOP TELLING ME TO GET OVER IT!
Today I find myself rather angry and frustrated with other’s perceptions and thoughts about my recovery journey. I came across this post from Dr. Doyle and just yelled, “YES!” It felt so good and so validating to read something; especially from a professional, that resonated so deeply with me. I am having such a hard…
SILENTLY SUFFERING
I often wonder what it would feel like to be surrounded by people who care and have people to turn to for support in times of difficulty. I have mastered the art of surviving on my own as well as alone, but I do wonder how it would feel if that wasn’t the case. I…
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