That’s the curse. And the situation. Now the final and most potent part, aptly considered as The Storm. “Black is all I feelSo this is how it feels to be free” –“am i inside?” I have high functioning depression. That much is known. I am not properly diagnosed, though three different medical professionals have toldContinue reading “Dressed to Depress: The Storm”
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Dressed to Depress: The Curse
“I’d like to flyBut my wings have been so denied” –“down in a hole” So that’s the situation… That’s one side of the die. Let’s talk about The Curse now…. Jess breaking her foot is only the apex of what was a long string of very unfortunate events that has persisted ever since the startContinue reading “Dressed to Depress: The Curse”
Dressed to Depress: The Situation
“And yet I fightThis battle all aloneNo one to cry toNo place to call home” –“Nutshell” It was the perfect storm. Dark clouds of an impending depressive episode, a slew of unforeseen and misfortunate events, an unenviable situation that makes being stuck between a rock and a hard place look like a comfortable place toContinue reading “Dressed to Depress: The Situation”
Introspection on a Tuesday #1 – First Loves are Never the Last
Question #1 :: What do you remember about your first love? Her name was Whitney. She was the smartest kid in Mrs. Hawk’s kindergarten class. I knew it was true love when the class was playing Duck Duck Goose, and she picked me to be the Goose. She was too quick, and I never didContinue reading “Introspection on a Tuesday #1 – First Loves are Never the Last”
It all A.D.D.’s Up–Maybe It’s Not Too Late After All
[TW: Brief uses of mental health slurs that have since been removed from the social vernacular used to accurately illustrate degradation of the time.] It used to be a joke. My occasional aloof behavior. My momentary lapses of memory. My undirected focus changes. My hyperfixations. It all just used to be one big laugh. BobboContinue reading “It all A.D.D.’s Up–Maybe It’s Not Too Late After All”