Tag: Mental Illness
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This Unwelcome Feeling
This unwelcome feeling seeps into my soul. Where did it come from, and will it ever go? It’s not a thought, nor is it really a desire. It’s a feeling that haunts me day by day. Constantly lurking in the shadows. It’s presence can be felt even on the best days. I can’t stand feeling […]
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I Am Not
I am not my past. The past represents those things we have been through. It’s external. Yes, it may leave imprints. It may have changed me. But it’s not who I am deep down inside. I am not my mental illness, anymore than someone with a physical illness is that illness. It’s the deepest parts […]
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Never Thought I’d Be Here – Part Two
My experience at the clinic was a positive one, excluding the Friday of course. Once I settled in, I started feeling better. Friday evening I slept straight through, as well as every night I was there. Which isn’t normal for me. Usually my first night sleeping out I barely sleep at all. What made it different […]
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Never Thought I’d Be Here – Part One
On Thursday morning I was reading something on the internet, when I started to feel uncomfortable. All of a sudden, that feeling erupted in a full on trigger. I immediately turned into a mess. I became that 14-year-old who had just been broken by someone she had looked up to and trusted. Images and emotions […]