Living with mental illness is like watching the sunrise through a dirty window. Living on psychotropic medications is like trying to … More
Tag: recovery
Grander than Grand — a poem and a baby
Her grandness is grander than grand… As I snuggle her perfect newborn body, her delicate head rests on my shoulder … 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
Transformation
As I was washing my hands at the bathroom sink, I glanced up and saw a nameless faceless image in … More
Blurry Lines of Mental Illness
“There is no greater joy than being freed from the captivity of your mind.” ~Susan Walz The escape from the … More
I Still Have Anxiety
I had severe painful anxiety and panic attacks in my early twenties (thirty years ago) and have had anxiety off … More
My “Wishful Thinking” Has Become My Reality
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…
“You are so brave to share your story,” many people have said to me throughout the years. “Thank you,” I’d … More
Recovery is Possible (my blog post featured on the Trigger Publishing Blog as a Guest Author)
I didn’t know other people didn’t feel the way I did, or that it wasn’t normal to feel electrical impulses … More
From Charcoal to Lavender Lattes — with a very free verse poem
As I have been researching more about the dangers of using benzodiazepines, it caused me to reflect back on my … More