In working toward finding mental health stability while simultaneously facing the highs and unrelenting lows of life, the creativity and motivation to write can be hard to access. I find great joy in writing, yet the apathy of mild depression stagnates my motivation to seek out joyful activities, as binge watching TV on the couchContinue reading “Back to the Roots: Mental Illness Superpowers”
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Do you remember all those nights you spent crying, but you weren’t really sure why? Do you remember those days you couldn’t make it to class or to work, but you really didn’t know why? What about the doubts you had about if you could even bear to continue living—the thoughts you were ashamed toContinue reading “A Letter to My Younger Self”
“Imagine all of the things you would do if you didn’t believe the negative thoughts you have about yourself.” A rush of emotion–shame and sadness that lie dormant deep inside me made their way to the surface as large, sopping tears filled my eyes. I was in my dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) group and IContinue reading “You Are Not Your Thoughts”
Therapy has changed my life by helping me transform rigid thought patterns I didn’t even know I had to more fluid and flexible ones. When I first started, I was able to acknowledge that the world existed in shades of gray, yet I forced myself into a life of black and white, rigid and unforgiving,Continue reading “My Dialectical Life”
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This weekend I am celebrating my 31st birthday, which in itself is not a big deal at all. But for me, this birthday carries a heavy weight as it marks ten years that I have been with my husband, Duece. Duece has been with me through my most difficult life experiences—the sudden, unexpected, and muchContinue reading “Grow Through What You Go Through”
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Mental Illness is My Superpower