Trigger warning: Extensive discussion of suicidal thoughts Fighting depression and chronic illness takes strength, and my friends try to tell me this every day. I have nodded and smiled and thanked them for their kind words, but it never seemed to stick, but the truth is every day you fight an illness like depression, or anxiety, or chronic illnesses or chronic pain, is a day that you are strong.
Trigger warning: Extensive discussion of anxiety and panic attacks. It burns deeps within me, a fire smouldering in my gut. It eats at my mind, at my patience, feeding on my worries, embers turning to bonfires. It grows up inside me, overwhelming, overtaking. This burning, unsettling, sickening fire in my stomach. Anxiety. The molehills... Continue Reading →
This week I wanted to take a different angle than I normally do, talking through struggles and such. This week I wanted to talk about my dog (pictured above), and not just any dog, my emotional support animal, or at least she will be once she is trained. Right now she is just a puppy,... Continue Reading →
Trigger warning: discussion of suicidal ideation. Life’s hard. It’s true. But when life throws storms at us, we have two decisions we can make. We can either bend with the storm and let it wash us away. Or we can plant our feet and hold our ground.
Trigger warning: mentions of depression Self-care: a poem. Sit in the sun. Let the warm rays of yellow thaw out your cold bones and melt your frozen heart. Let the light seep into your darkened mind. Let it show you how bright the world can be. Watch as it pierces the shadows. Watch... Continue Reading →
Trigger warning: This post contains extensive discussion around suicide and the effects of it.
My first post on this blog was called Who am I? and having this post being a poem by the same name feels like I've come full circle. And in that time, so much has happened. It is as if I have lived an entire lifetime. I am almost a completely different person now. That... Continue Reading →
Trigger warning: This post contains an extensive discussion of self-harm and depression. While I was searching for what I wanted to say this week, I found a piece of writing within my collection, a piece written in one of my worse moments. But within it I found what I wanted to speak about and I... Continue Reading →
Trigger warning: moderate discussion of anxiety, depression and self-harm. A lot has happened in my life over the last two weeks. The major one was that I entered into a relationship with someone. My first boyfriend. We went on a date and it was wonderful. We had great conversations and a lot of fun, and... Continue Reading →
Trigger warning: Mention of suicide, anxiety and depression. Tonight, my flat and I went out for dinner. We went to a cute boutique food court in the centre of town and had a lovely evening. When it came to having dessert, the churro machine at the place we had chosen to eat had broken the... Continue Reading →
You Are Not Alone. 