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You Did Good
Screenshot Saturday This was saved on August 14, 2021. Apparently I saved a lot of quotes like this in 2021. Ones about growth and change and not being like I used to be. But why?! In 2021, the second wave of hell had not yet arrived in my life. The first wave was when I… →
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People Change, Get Over It
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday I have changed over the past two years. I have written about it extensively on this blog. People change. Not always for the better, but in my case, it was a very good thing. Yesterday, a friend of mine who still works at the place I left two years ago… →
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Survivors, Not Superheroes
Screenshot Saturday I captured this screenshot on June 26, 2021. Before my adult trauma started. Before my CPTSD diagnosis. I still had plenty of unhealed childhood trauma and I suspect that’s why I saved this. I recognized the effect that trauma had on me long before I sought the help of a therapist to heal… →
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Some Good Reminders
Screenshot Saturday This week’s screenshot came up in my memories on Thursday. I had saved it three years ago. If memory serves, three years ago, I was beginning to come to the end of my first year of grad school. While my second year, the internship year, was the worst, the first year was certainly… →
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Don’t Be Afraid
Screenshot Saturday This screenshot was taken March 25, 2021. I’m not sure what compelled me to save this quote at that moment in my life. It was early in 2021. My mother-in-law was still alive, though we were growing more and more concerned about her health. I can’t remember if I had already said yes… →
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It Gets Better
Coming from a family with a history of mental illness and trauma, I know for a fact that things get better. It did for me and it will for you too. →
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Never a Problem
Screenshot Saturday This week’s screenshot is actually from a few days ago and not from the “archives” of my camera roll. I saw it on Facebook and immediately had thoughts on it. I also immediately followed the person who posted it. What struck me initially was the first part about family that “only met the… →
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Another Perspective
Feeling better today. I stayed home from work anyway just so I could be at home during my attempts to eat and rehydrate. In case my body decides to rebel like it did yesterday, I’ll already be at home. I’m going to pick up today with what I wanted to write about on Tuesday. So,… →
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“Behave Yourself”
5Ws Wednesday—What does it feel like…? I’ve been submitting essays to publications hoping to secure my first “yes”. I have a few that I’ve been rotating through for various magazines. One essay that I particularly like is the one that describes how it has felt for me to be so scared to say what I’m… →