Trust Issues

Trust (n): firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or…

PART II: BEING DECEIVED

Deception & Truth

Here is perhaps one of the most complete…

Mental Health and Shame

Shame (n): a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or…

Dear Last Year Alina

Hey there. You know, I’m writing this because my counselor recommended that it could be a really great healing tool. Can you believe it — after 12 free sessions of CAPS, you finally muster up the courage to dig down deep and express what you’ve always suppressed about how he made you feel in…

Emotions and Logic

When I was at counseling the other day, my counselor interrupted me and asked, “This is kind of random, but what’s your…

On Fighting Lies

My depressive episodes and triggers have been getting a lot worse recently.

PART IV: THOSE WHO SUFFER

The day after my ex and I first broke up, my apartment was bustling with…

PART II: THOSE WHO SCORN

From that same community, I had several close friends. We had danced together…

Community in Suffering

the fight to deflect lies

Reflections on Last Year

Around this time last year, I was so lonely.

Lonely not because I longed for companionship, but because I didn’t even have myself to keep me company.

I still grieve to this day for all I had lost.