Depression is hard, but we keep trying.
Poetry-Sweet Goodbye
If I disappear...
Mental Health ~ The Journal #56, Death is Real
We talk about mental illness and death after suicide, but it seems beneficial to discuss the reality that before there came suicide, there was a mental illness. Just like before there came an overdose; there was an addiction.
Mental Health ~ The Strongest Can Fall
I bottle up the internal pain and suffering, only sharing with a few. I wear the mask and behavior of normalcy.
Mental Health ~ Thanksgiving and Thankfulness
I dislike holidays for many reasons, and those reasons keep coming, too. But Thanksgiving is a gift. A day of respite from the task of mentally surviving.
Mental Health ~ The Strongest Can Fall
Newsflash to the mentally healthy, mental illness has no cure. This is a lifetime of seasons-a rotation of winter, spring, summer, and fall. Don't confuse mental illness with your seasons' explanation.
Poetry- Breaking Point
Affirmations forgotten And hope ablaze Left behind In a broken daze.. The shell of the former Emptied of bliss Lost in danger from life amiss..
Mental Health ~ The Company We Keep
Satan longs to pull me in. His world of hopelessness calls to me and uses any situation to tear me down. I won't be keeping that company.
Mental Health ~ The Journal #55, Girl Down
People who engage in physical conditioning get a break between workouts; for those working to stay mentally healthy, there is no break. We take the work out with us everywhere we go.
Mental Health ~ The Journal #54, Telling My Story
Surviving the journey of sharing your story.


