My Story’s the Opposite of EVERYTHING We’ve Been Taught About Mental Illness

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. One year, six months and five … More

Beyond Hopeless – and a poem

I wrote the following poem titled Hopeless for a poetry contest with the theme of pain. Although I am blessed … More

I had severe painful anxiety and panic attacks in my early twenties (thirty years ago) and have had anxiety off … More

Most of my life I lived behind “wishful thinking.” I thought when this or that changed, my life would become … More

“You are so brave to share your story,” many people have said to me throughout the years. “Thank you,” I’d … More

I didn’t know other people didn’t feel the way I did, or that it wasn’t normal to feel electrical impulses … More

As I have been researching more about the dangers of using benzodiazepines, it caused me to reflect back on my … More

My brain is always moving quickly–thinking, planning, reminiscing, dreaming, creating and is actively working. It doesn’t shut down much. It … More

I have battled with my weight my entire life and was thin until I became pregnant with my first daughter. … More

It’s all about the flash, the flash of the past, the flash of what was the flash of what could … More