A Never Ending Fight
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Three years ago I fell. I fell into a vicious cycle of bulimia, starving myself and self harming. Maybe I did it to kill what was hurting me from inside, maybe to shut my depression and anxiety out, or maybe…
Escaping the Dark
My encountered with the dark started back in 2006. I was a college student just trying to navigate my young adult life. What started as a grumble of disinterest turned into a mountain of dark thoughts and feelings over the…
Plus Sized Hiking Through the Pandemic
During the Spring of 2020, I was cooped up like everyone else and going stir crazy. I had already been struggling with my mental health and the pandemic made it 10x worse. My depression and anxiety were debilitating. As a…
The Strength Of God
Starting from when I was a child, I remember growing up very poor. I remember sharing the back seat of an old car with my two older brothers, and I remember having to stop at McDonalds every morning to freshen…
5 Things I Use To Manage My Mental Health
I thought it would be a nice idea to tell you about my favourite things I use to manage my mental health. Some I use for my anxiety, some for my depression, and some for both. Create a schedule: Sometimes…
You Are Not Alone
Around three years ago, I started feeling sad. Did I know why I was sad? No. Did I talk to anyone about it? No. I simply felt alone. I spent many nights and days where I would have random periods…
Whatever We Go Through Is Not ‘A Choice’ But The ‘Only Option’
What most people think is, people who suffer from anxiety and depression can wake up one day and decide just ‘to get better.’ That one fine day we can wake up, sip up that hot coffee, smile, and try to…
My Internal Dichotomy
When I attempted suicide I had to wait for the doctor to come back with a diagnosis I had long since given myself. I think I was a million miles away when he said clinical depression. I had laid out…
My Journey
All of my life I have had OCD. As a kid I would have to arrange pillows in a certain way. I would have to run and touch the living room door over and over again but it wasn’t until…
They Said I Would Never Walk Again…At Least Not How I Did Before
I woke up to the blurred images of people frantic on their cellular phones and their fingers on my body feeling for a pulse. Suddenly it came back to me, I was hit by that silver jeep. I lay on…
The Invisible Wounds
18 years, 6 months, 13 days, 18 hours, and 22 minutes. That is how much time I had with my best friend in the entire world on this earth, my dad. It wasn’t enough, it will never be enough. It…
I Almost Lost My Life To Depression
18 months ago, I almost lost my life to depression. Things had gotten so bad that I went to stay in a recovery facility. My husband held the fort at home, working all hours and putting on a brave face,…
