All I want is to lead a productive and successful life. I take two steps forward and 20 steps back. I’ve been working so hard at this life. To have a good work ethic and take care of myself and get my work done, and be dependable and and and…and it never ends. It’s like …
Tag Archives: anxiety
Insanity
Why is it so easy? So easy to care so little for me. It doesn’t matter how much work has been done, or how far I’ve come, it takes next to no time to fall into bad habits. It’s so much easier to take on harmful patterns than to do what I know is best …
Healed and Happy
So many people lose sight of themselves as time goes on and they get older. I see the comments and questions often on social media: “I’m making little me proud.”, “How would younger you feel about how you are living your life?”, “Honor your inner child!” The truth is I’ve been unhappy for a very …
The Most Challenging Year
This month marks a year since the most challenging time of my life. December will mark a year since I finally decided to take the help my family was offering. February is the month I received my mental health diagnosis. This has been the most difficult, telling, revolutionary year of my life to date. I …
It’s a Good Life That I Live
Waking up every morning is exhausting. I put my full effort into being happy and chugging through the day to day. Even to just be content would be nice. It seems like a chore just to do the things that seem to come so easily to others. To shower and brush my teeth is more …
Work To Be Done
This article outlines the struggles of depression, as well as the realization that healing never truly ends.
The Thicket
Disoriented and foggy, Rel opened her eyes to the current reality. Her head pounded and she could tell by the cotton mouth that she was severely dehydrated. The sun set in the distance. Rel tried to piece together the last 24 hours. Her last solid memory dated back to nightfall and her heart raced …
The Rollercoaster
You can feel the clicking. The chugging. And it’s louder than you can comprehend. The excitement is bubbling up within you as well as everyone around. The closer you get to the climax the tenser you get. Energy gets feverish, as if you have no control. But with every click, with every chug gravity weighs …
Sam Pursues 