Tag: mentalhealth
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Suicide Prevention Month
It’s September and it’s Suicide Prevention Month. I talk about depression, anxiety, and chronic illness but what I don’t talk about is my experience with self harm. Self harm doesn’t always show up in bloodied cuts and physical harm. Sometimes it screams louder than the voices inside my head. From negative self talk, to depriving…
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When Today Feels Heavy
You know…Depression doesn’t always look like crying in the shower or falling apart in public.Sometimes it’s just… silence.It’s the numb scroll through your phone.It’s brushing your teeth feeling like a full-on mission.It’s seeing messages pop up and not having the energy to respond,even though you love the people sending them. It’s laughing when you’re supposed…
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“Motivation” is a hard word to get around
Some people think that a lack of motivation is when you miss a gym session one week because you rather have a movie night instead. It may be for some people. However, people with depression like me say we have no motivation…we really mean it. I did have a job at one point but I…
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If My Pain Could Speak
If my pain could speakIt would tell you what I seekIt will state my constant stressAnd how my anxiety is a messIt will say that I’m unable to show my painBut the multiple spasmsKnows no limitsIf the pain could speakNo one can understandLet alone believe meIt will state it doesn’t want to breathIt doesn’t want…
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I’m an introvert
I’m an introvert. People may think I lack substance because I love to be alone. But that’s not true. Those deep and meaningful connections are what fills my heart. I love solitude. But the truth is Substance is something I seek And sometimes I want to escape the world because it’s too noisy There’s too…