FluffFrom eyes to ears to tongue to fingertipsLess value for all stimuliUntil gloom fades to glorious crystal skiesFeel less of all, feel it all throughFluff
TIME WILL HEAL IT RIGHT??My heart hurts and I’m not being dramatic. I can actually feel the pain, when they say your heart breaks they mean it. But as time goes on…it’s supposed to get better right? How long is it suppose to take to get over a heart break? I’m sitting here acting as if I’m do incredibly…
30-Day Challenge — Day 13Your Daily CommuteI don’t actually have a daily commute. I work as a writer from home. So my commute is actually just getting out of bed. Sometimes, especially those of us suffering from depression, that commute is a more arduous journey than most.
Episode #1I woke up today anxious-pulsing and imprisoned. Then, my bed is a trap. Then, my room is neither safe nor terrifying and in that medium space, totally other. Then, I lower my expectations and lower my expectations until I am fine with making it to the shower, two hours later.
A bag full of penniesBut there’s this thing about depression that makes it so hard for me to talk aboutIt’s this disgusting feeling that whatever I say about it invalidates how I feel. This horrible notion that when I put words to what I am feeling, they become just words. They become…
Taking Therapy to WorkI write JavaScript, and I see a therapist. It’s interesting to see how, as time goes on, these elements of my life have…
My 39 Year Dental SagaI’m nearly 40, and I’ve had braces for nearly 9 years. Now that’s some jacked up teeth. Always a point of suffering for me, terrible overbite. Teased since I was a little kid. I say “since” because I’ve even gotten teased about my teeth as an adult by adults. Kids teasing kids I’ll give…
Depression and Your HypothalamusPhysiology 101:Your thalamus is like the manager of your brain. All the signals from your body route through your thalamus to your cerebral cortex, where you actually do your thinking, and all of your thoughts route through your…
this is a god dreamI have to learn how to forgive myself for quitting my full time job in 2009 without having a job lined up. I have to forgive myself for taking advantage so much of my mom during that time. i beat myself up over this three or four times a week and i don’t know how to stop. i know that if i had a job during…
"When clouds roll in and all we see is fog, we feel cold and lonely. We think that everything was meant to be this depressing. We think life was always this hard and it will always be. We think that our hearts are never…
