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Beebe Sharkey

Beebe Sharkey

Pretending to be “okay”

“Lately, I feel like a drama queen,” I said to one of my friends over Facebook messenger. “Uh. No. No no no. You are not a drama queen…

Jun 23, 2016

Pretending to be “okay”

Jun 23, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

About Orlando: why we need to stop using the phrase “senseless tragedy”

Regarding the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, I’ve heard the phrases, “senseless violence,” or “senseless tragedy” tossed…

Jun 16, 2016

About Orlando: why we need to stop using the phrase “senseless tragedy”

Jun 16, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

The tunnel (when failure is survival)

**Please note that this post may be triggering as it deals with the subject of an abusive relationship. The music video at the end has also…

May 12, 2016

The tunnel (when failure is survival)

May 12, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

Values, Wants, and Expectations

When you have a mental illness, you see the world a little differently. You’ve walked through the fiery darkness and have come out the…

Apr 28, 2016

Values, Wants, and Expectations

Apr 28, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

The new normal

There’s a very thin line between stability and crumbling back into a depressed and anxious mess that I walk every day. It involves a…

Apr 16, 2016

The new normal

Apr 16, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

Learning to love my body

I was having a conversation the other day with a friend of mine that kind of jolted me. She told me she was trying to focus on loving her…

Apr 14, 2016

Learning to love my body

Apr 14, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

The jellyfish metaphor

Dealing with trauma

Apr 12, 2016

The jellyfish metaphor

Apr 12, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

Community (a sort of reprise)

My life is a house. The basics are its foundation. Self-soothing: the windows and doors. And a strong community of people is what makes up…

Apr 7, 2016

Community (a sort of reprise)

Apr 7, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

Fear and self-soothing

3 self-soothing techniques that seriously changed my life

Mar 31, 2016

Fear and self-soothing

Mar 31, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

Back to the basics

10 things that helped me become a functioning human being again

Mar 24, 2016

Back to the basics

Mar 24, 2016

Beebe Sharkey

Beebe Sharkey

A pridefully abnormal person living with mental illness (heart, meet sleeve). Entries here are cross-posted from my website: blahblogblerg.com.

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