Posts about, among other things, mental illness, mental health, and recovery.
“i’ve started going to a new corner store – to call it a bodega might be stretching the definition some. it’s been a challenge; if you don’t suffer from anxiety, you might not realize what an enormously big deal a change like this is.” Continue reading a new bodega
“some topics come up more than others, in my blog and in my brain. i revisit this one regularly, because the desire to be beautiful takes up huge parts of my psyche and it’s killing me. analyzing my history and thought processes, unpacking what i think “beautiful” means and why i can’t be okay if i can’t meet the arbitrary and ever-changing definitions i impose are important things to understand” Continue reading i’m dying to be beautiful
“i would tell you that i love you more than my life,
and that your existence is more vital to me than anything else in the world,
and that your morning smiles give me a reason to get up every day – Continue reading my child
“the world is spinning too fast.
the requirements are piling up and
pressing me down, while my
wants and wishes are shunted off to the side…” Continue reading rats
