Sometimes depression sneaks up on you. You're just going about your day without a care in the world, and you realize there's a little tug at your heart that's demanding attention. As you look into the situation, you realize you've been growing more and more depressed over the last few days, and now, there's no [...]
From Thug to Advocate Growing up in inner city Washington D.C. hearing gun shots was an everyday thing. In the early ‘90s D.C. was like a war zone and violence was something that I had grown accustomed to throughout my childhood. My changing point came when I was 14 years old in 1996. My brother [...]
Terminal Illness –The Paradoxical Motivator There is a bikini bottom on my kitchen table! As ridiculous as this may sound, the memento from my daughters’ summer laundry is symbolically larger than life and I’m sure the visual is pretty amusing too. Amid the other remnants of our newly unkempt existence, I try with all of [...]
“I'm calling on @Target to remove the #OCD sweater! Please RT if you stand for #mentalhealth @IOCDF” That’s the tweet that blew up my phone yesterday and had me responding to haters and praises for the remainder of the day. Who knew everyone could get so worked up about a sweater, right? A lot of [...]
Chest holds grenades pulled of their pin Daddooms counting down those ticks from within Strokes falling short of a meaningful measure Beats that retreat, as aching’s trump pleasure Oh how chambers chime in a pitch out of tune Rhythms depicting a heart now in ruin Daddooms void of lust, rings stripped of luck A life [...]
My life changed in eighth grade. Like most teenagers I experienced teenage angst. But mine was different, stronger. It all started when the boy I liked started dating my best friend. Typical junior high drama for most, and yet I spiraled down a dark path. Soon after I was bullied because of this emotional turmoil [...]
Not Just Soldiers I've said this before and I'll keep saying it you don't have to be a soldier to develop PTSD there's a long list of things that can cause PTSD combat is just one of them we also have witnessing death or injury, sexual assault, accidents like car crash, natural disasters, child sexual [...]
DEPRESSION DOESN’T KILL US EXPECTATIONS DO Dear friend, How are you? Sorry I haven’t written in a while, I was too busy, I was too tired and I wasn’t feeling like it. I am not doing well, if you are wondering… I am sinking down and down into the rabbit hole and I don’t think [...]
It’s funny. I wouldn’t say I’m usually overly careful with my words. I’d never intentionally hurt someone of course but at the same time I’m also not one to walk on eggshells. It’s quite different here in Australia like that. Our culture has plenty of unusual quirks and many of them are tied to the [...]
For as long as I can remember, I was always the nervous kid. You know the type; the one that couldn’t spend an entire night at a sleepover without calling her parents. The one that feared rule breaking and things that meant taking risks like roller coasters and sneaking out. The one that feared life [...]
