I’ve been working on an autobiographical/self-help novel lately: I’m rereading my old journals and writing to my younger self to offer the compassion, forgiveness, comfort, and hindsight that I didn’t have then. In the first two or three days I got 4,000 words down, and I’ve been having trouble getting back to it. This isn’t … Continue reading You Can Find it Again
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It Wasn’t Your Fault.
TW: this is for victims of SA. I'm writing this because I need to hear these things, and I'm sharing it because I doubt I'm the only one. It wasn't your fault. Period. No one gets to gatekeep by telling you that what they experienced was worse, or that what you experienced was not that … Continue reading It Wasn’t Your Fault.
Maybe Someday We’ll Figure All This Out
As of last January I no longer experience depression or anxiety as mental illnesses. How/why is a long story for another time. Meanwhile, I've spent the last seven months adjusting to who I am and what I'm capable of without their constant, debilitating presence. It's been so much more difficult and complex than I thought. … Continue reading Maybe Someday We’ll Figure All This Out
How To “Show Yourself”
Note: I have no intention of doing a YouTube video on this. I have too many thoughts about it, it's more complicated than a craft tutorial, and I express myself much better in writing than I do talking. I'm not a huge fan of the first Frozen movie, but there's so much that I love … Continue reading How To “Show Yourself”
Mental Health Check-In June 2020
Hi. I don't really know what I'm doing right now. I have too many feelings and they're much too big. I tried Zoloft for a couple months. It didn't help me. I've started a temporary anxiety medication before taking an off-brand of Wellbutrin and my anxiety has gone down so tremendously that I barely notice … Continue reading Mental Health Check-In June 2020
Postpartum Depression
I feel like I've fallen completely off the map and then some. Here's a quick recap, though I'll be skipping a lot: three months ago my daughter was born. I've had health issues that I'm working on getting diagnosed. I was put in the hospital after being suicidal and released from the day program the … Continue reading Postpartum Depression
That Prince Guy
a Snow White novella Guy is a guy who can’t even deal with his own problems. When Princess Gabby shows up and expects him to help solve all of hers, he’s all for walking away. He would do it, too, if she and her new enchanter friend weren’t holding him hostage. Guy’s captors face the … Continue reading That Prince Guy
Mariah K. Porter 