Why antidepressants and other medications matter

I want to take a moment to talk about how large of an impact antidepressants and other medications can make. There is a huge stigma around it and I am simply not okay with that stigma existing. While it may be true that antidepressants and anxiety medications are over prescribed and abused at times, they […]

Time to Wake Up

So much can happen in one week. Seems like a recurring theme for me, doesn’t it? Anyway! Last week, my personal life took a very unexpected turn. And it has caused me to reevaluate my life and what I have been doing for the last several months or so. I haven’t been able to get […]

Trying to Understand the Reality of my Circumstances

Lately I have been feeling very defeated in terms of how heavily my trauma and mental health affect my capacity to function at a level that I am content with. And I came to a realization. A lot of people who experience trauma are able to maintain some semblance of normalcy afterward. That is impossible […]

Sometimes it is incredible how much can unfold and happen in a short period of time. For my most obvious example, there’s Matthew’s death. My whole life irreversibly changed in a matter of hours. It is almost impossible to comprehend, to be honest. I have started to view it as an extreme form of cognitive […]

Breaking Through

[this is notably longer than usual, just a heads up] I have finally had a much-needed breakthrough. For the last few weeks, I have felt very emotionally stuck and overwhelmed. My mind was trying to solve every single problem I have all at once. I was becoming impatient with the process. I was so desperate […]

Struggling to Find Balance

The last week or two, I have been having a rough time. I have been hit with some stress that is unrelated to grief or PTSD. Which was honestly an odd sensation? For so long, my main stress was my grief, PTSD, and the struggle to try to keep rebuilding my life. I didn’t have […]

Progress Can Look Like Failure

For the last week or so, I have been struggling with my trauma. More than I have in a while. At first, I felt really discouraged and it felt like all progress had been lost and I had convinced myself that I am a hopeless cause and I’ll never be able to actually recover from […]