mentalhealth
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Livin’ On A Prayer – Only Halfway There
My mom had an old friend who struggled with depression. As a very young girl, I didn’t understand what that was – all I knew was that this sad lady would call every few years and my mom would talk to her for at least an hour. I never even heard my mom’s end of Continue reading
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6 P.M.
6pmI’m alone againIt’s 6pm and the world is bleak againIt’s 6pm and like clockwork, a silent thunderstorm settles on my weary shouldersI can’t breatheMemories flash to remind me of lost love and forgotten friendshipsThey strike like lightning through my stormThe darkness hides my happiness and rationaleI don’t remember that I love and am lovedIt’s 6pm Continue reading
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My Suicide Story
Suicide. We often stiffen uncomfortably at the sight of the word. We’re afraid to speak it aloud, much less discuss with honesty, how frequently fleeting thoughts of self destruction have touched our minds. It is indeed a dark, lonesome path from that first whisper of an idea, to the conscious creation of a plan to Continue reading
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Giving Up
We don’t give up with one abrupt decision. We don’t readily release those romantic schemes of adolescence. We give up after we slowly, slowly are coerced by seemingly smallish situations, where we must make choices that steer our planful dreams into darker waters, riddled with existential crisis and moral grey areas. We are forced to Continue reading
Creating Peace From the Pieces 