My Year in Review

As I said last week this has been a challenging year for us all, but a lot of us made the best of it. Some have picked up new and old hobbies. While others discovered new and old passions while chasing after dreams that they put on the back burner for so long. Meanwhile, I...

My Year in Review: Mental State

I’m not going to sugar coat it; this year sucked a lot. People have lost their lives, jobs, and other opportunities due to this virus. I, on the other hand, have lost my faith in humanity. Forcing me to make my circle smaller than what it already was. My trust issues are coming back and...

Mental Monday: Reflection II

The one thing I had to understand about reflection was to understand oneself. Even though I’m still somewhat struggling with this. I now see who and what was the problem with my life, and that problem was me. Even though I accepted that I was my own worst enemy five years ago, the more I...

Mental Monday: Reflection Pt. I

Loneliness is, to me, a double edge sword. It can be comforting, or it can be dangerous. Some of us loath it, while others find peace within it. However, the one thing we come to learn while being alone is that we use it as a time to reflect on the events that have happened...

Mental Monday: Healing Part II

After talking about healing and accepting that we are our own worst enemy at this point. You might be wondering what to do next? Well, I’ll be the first to admit it, if you want to cry for hours on end go right ahead. Let it all out and understand that you want to take...

Mental Monday: Healing Part 1

One of the hardest things about being mentally ill is fighting the battle on your own. No one to turn to because everyone that said that would be there has reached their limit. You want to cry, but you’re all cried out, scream, but nothing won’t come out. Now you’re just sitting down either staring...

Mental Monday Special: Another Month Gone

As we come to a close on Suicide awareness month. I just want to spend some time talking to the ones that have gone down that dark path and survived. The pain you’re going through, trust me I get it. You want the pain to stop on its own, but you’re tired of waiting for...

Mental Monday Special: The Fights, The Defeats, The Victories, and The Healing.

It’s tough dealing with depression and anxiety daily. I know better than anyone that fighting it alone is something that no one should have to do. But we do it anyway, we keep to ourselves and smile away not showing our true pain to the world. Instead, we go home with our smiles no longer...

Mental Monday Special: Therapy…Yes Again!

I used to be a naysayer to these things. I thought what’s the point of paying someone to listen to all your problems when you have friends to do it for you. Well, twenty-year-old me was wrong and stupid; and he didn’t know any better back then. The present me is telling you that there’s...

Mental Monday Special: Toxic Demons

The worse thing about having an ‘episode’ is falling back into your old habits. The one thing that put us on a dark path of separation and destruction. It was the same thing that made us best friends with the grim reaper. Begging for his cold embrace, to end our suffering once and for all....