The Hardest Part

Y’know, nobody ever tells you that when you start feeling better, or treatment starts working, it feels like you woke up naked in the middle of the woods. I’m serious, like I have no idea how to even function as a “normal” person (read my article on normal: What is normal?) I spent the last…

Being Not Okay

This is something that I have always had trouble with. Probably because of the way I was raised, “men are supposed to be tough” or so my father taught me. I think we all know I feel about my father…none of it pleasant. What I am talking about is being not okay. What does this…

Drowning in Silence

For those of you who don’t know, I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety in 2011, after a very serious suicide attempt. So it’s safe to say that I was suffering long before then. As I look back on it now, I can’t seem to comprehend why I didn’t seek help sooner. Then I…