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…

One of My Biggest Regrets

Life isn’t as it seems. Life isn’t how I dreamed it would be. One of my biggest regrets in life…

As I was washing my hands at the bathroom sink, I glanced up and saw a nameless faceless image in…

“There is no greater joy than being freed from the captivity of your mind.” ~Susan Walz The escape from the…

I have had many hard pills to swallow, but will not have a pity party, nor follow a path of self…

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

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

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

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

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