At the beginning of last month, my world began to cave in on me. There's nothing like finding yourself on a city street feeling confused, disoriented, and so stressed, you couldn't even figure out where you were, or why. I was unsafe and needed to quickly get to safety. Once I did, my brain couldn't … Continue reading Emotional Support?
Struggling
She Was Like A Drowning Person…
She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life.” ―Jonathan Safran Foer
World Mental Health Day 2020
Today is World Mental Health Day, and as someone who discusses mental health throughout the course of the year, I come up short today. I come up short because I am dealing with my own battles, and they have been cruel to me. Hell, so have the people who are supposed to be "on my … Continue reading World Mental Health Day 2020
A Broken, Pretty Mess
When I came home Wednesday afternoon, after being at the doctor's office for HOURS (You know your doctor is good when EVERYONE wants to see her.), I didn't realize how awful I felt. I remember coming inside, hanging up my coat, taking in the mail, feeding Cat and Kitten a little earlier than usual, changing … Continue reading A Broken, Pretty Mess
The Fact That You’re Struggling…
“The fact that you’re struggling doesn’t make you a burden. It doesn’t make you unlovable or undesirable or undeserving of care. It doesn’t make you too much or too sensitive or too needy. It makes you human. Everyone struggles. Everyone has a difficult time coping, and at times, we all fall apart. During these times, … Continue reading The Fact That You’re Struggling…
Personal Year In Review
I wish I had fabulous things to share here as I look back on 2016, the year itself as a complete "body of work", as opposed to how I genuinely feel about it. Here's the unadulterated truth; I'm filled with mixed emotions, anger, pain, and the more I think about it, additional anger on top … Continue reading Personal Year In Review
Your Obstacles
I'm going through something awful at the moment; I'd never wish this on another human-being because it is horrible and torturous. There's no one reliable for me to turn to for help. The person I thought I could depend on has progressively become unreliable, as they so often say one thing and do another, and … Continue reading Your Obstacles
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 