Sometimes, I want to hide behind a rock. A rock with moss; That sprouts from my tears, Kept upon the sand Of things that I lost. Hidden in a labyrinth Of missed chances. The rock will be my home, Until I am ready to come out To the world where you Have to wipe your [...]
Monday, June 20, 2016 10:38 PM Emily’s Bedroom Anxiety: Hey what’s up? Emily: Nothing much, how about you? You doing alright? You’ve been kind of M.I.A lately. Anxiety: I don’t want to talk about me, I want to talk about you. So you say not much has been going on? That’s a lie. I heard [...]
Bipolar Tide My mind moves like the ocean, coming and going with the moon. The tide rolls in—mania, I am at the top of the world. There’s nothing I can do, mental waves crashing down. Vision distorted by emotion, can’t trust my brain anyhow. The tide rolls out-depression, I am the lowest of the lows. [...]
The Art of Losing Your Mind © 2015 Walk in the silent darkness Where internal voices encapsulate and surround us Where lives fragment, shapes waver, and worlds fall away We go to a place where others cant follow... When you lose your mind - where is it to be found? When life has been dismantled, [...]
Neural Plasticity in Recovery The old adage “once an addict always an addict” was the dominant mindset of society for much of our history. Then came the advent of 12 Step Programs starting with anonymous programs like AA and then NA. This came with an increased understanding within the medical and scientific communities about the [...]
One Man. Talking About His Life With Depression. "I'm ready to tell my story. It's time." That's what I heard from Stuart Walker, owner of Clubhaus Fitness, a tall, muscular guy with a boisterous laugh and incredibly busy schedule. He knew I was researching Perfectly Hidden Depression. He had listened to me talk about how [...]
Hello my name is Zach Liberatore and I am a victim of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I was clinically diagnosed with it and prescribed medication during the end of 2012 when I checked into the psychiatric ward at ECMC. This disease dragged me to the brink of insanity and I had reached the point where I [...]
When I found my father’s journals, I knew I had to stop running away from mental illness. They were at the bottom of a box containing his unpublished plays and stories that revealed his struggles during the time I was growing up. By the time I read them I was a successful psychotherapist with a [...]
JUST PRETEND _____ Dear friend, How are you? Sorry I keep on forgetting to ask you about you.. I guess I am just too lost to look beyond my own head and that kinda makes me a bad friend. So, I apologize. This week hasn’t been a good one… I made a few decisions… Have [...]
Someone told me that every great story starts with the main character thinking he or she is a nobody. Arya Stark, Luke Skywalker, Rey (Skywalker?), Captain America, and Spider-Man are just a few examples. But, sadly, these are fictional people. The writers create their destinies and mold them the way they see fit. Characters can [...]
