I am Lilly Hope Lucario. I am a survivor of considerable, severe, multiple complex trauma. I am a survivor of decades of sexual, physical, emotional, mental, psychological, verbal and spiritual abuse. This started in early childhood. And continued on in my adulthood. I am a writer, blogger, advocate and I am currently writing my first [...]
Wake up, have a cup of coffee, have four medicines with it. Feel bad about yourself, look into the mirror, feel guilty. Lie down on your bed, get paralysed, think of everything you could accomplish but you can't move enough to do it. Silently you somehow slip into sleep again till a panic attack wakes [...]
I'm writing this article in light of the news that I read by the woman found hanged at Hull Mental Health Unit . I wasn't a close friend as such , but we was both patients at the unit at the same time, consequently forming some sort of bond during our stays. I too am [...]
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay reminded him that it's only the choice of the individual that truly matters. “I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.” (Roger Zelazny, Frost & Fire) Since a young age I’ve thought about death, dying, or suicide almost every day—through adolescence when I had my depressive and “serious [...]
The disease of addiction is to a certain extent like others disease where the person afflicted is required to do something in order to overcome their illness. It can be thought of in the same vein as other illnesses that are linked to unhealthy lifestyles, such as diabetes or hypertension, and like these illnesses, in [...]
By: Keisha K. Page I don’t know exactly when I developed anxiety. I’ve always been the type of woman who would trust that gut feeling; for me, the gut feeling was literal. If something were bothering me, I would feel a tightening in my lower belly. Some days, it would be so intense that my [...]
Ceremony It began with miniature bruises, really. An index finger pressed hard onto the septum of the nose. Determined pressure to rid the face of one bony protrusion. Counting to one hundred ten times. A perverted rosary prayer nightly without benefit of bead or crucifix before disappearing into sleep. Cuts followed later. Innocuous little incisions, [...]
I live with: ADHD, depression and anxiety disorder. I have suffered with depression for 5 years and my anxiety for 1–2 years. I also have sensitivity which I get from my mom and I'm still working on coping with better, handling/managing my symptoms, thoughts and actions from the sensitivity. I have fully recovered from my [...]
I'm tired. I'm tired of the constant battle in my mind. The enemy that lives in my brain and strains me, drains me, to the point of mental exhaustion. I'm tired of having two separate personalities. Im tired of being the kid who's always upbeat, who always brings the positive outlook and always says yes. [...]
Psycho in Disguise A True Story about the Life of a Schizophrenic by Rochelle Tschida Words 1565 Date Sep. 7th, 2016 A waitress at The Modern on 53rd in New York City approaches your table. Her glasses are artistic, funky, slightly too big for the small face they adorn. People person, it’s obvious she has [...]
