Ok. I’m about to get extremely open and honest with you.
Ready?
I’ve gone back and forth between being public about this and not, and after the last few minutes I’ve decided it’s time I talk for my own mental health. (more…)
Category: Depression
Something or Nothing
Suddenly it’s ‘one of those days,’
my heart begins to ache.
No longer cannot I fight it off,
soon it just might break. (more…)
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I’m Going to Tell You a Secret About Me
Ever feel like you can almost touch it?
Sometimes it’s triggered by something, sometimes it’s triggered by nothing. For me, I know there will always be a trigger. My brain ensures it always has its finger pressed softly against it, ready to trip it at a moment’s notice. I am at its mercy. (more…)
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A Message to Pulse Nightclub Victims & Families With Pink Floyd’s ‘Pulse’
On the first anniversary of the biggest tragedy ever to strike the LGBTQ community in the United States, it’s important to take a moment to remember those who are affected.
Pulse Nightclub was a gay club in Orlando owned by Barbara Poma and Ron Legler and was opened in 2004. In 1991, Barbara’s brother John died from AIDS and they named the club Pulse so that he can live on. However, on June 12, 2016, any semblance of a pulse was shattered when a single shooter shot and killed 49 patrons, and wounded 53 others.
It was considered an act of terror/hate because of (more…)
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Video Games May Be Effective Treatment for Depression
Perhaps this could be another way to beat depression – (more…)
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Poll: Does Depression Run in Your Family?
My dad has had depression since before I was even born, and I’ve had it since I was about 9 years old. I’m curious – how does depression affect your family? Do you have it? Does an immediate family member like a sibling, parent, or child have it?
Anonymously vote here:
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Why I Smoke Marijuana, and What Happened After I Quit Recently
Why do we do anything? Why do we make decisions or have opinions? No one (hopefully) tells us what to do, we’re bipedal Homo sapiens; we generally have the ability to make our own choices based on our own logical thinking. We all have unique intuition, tastes, desires, interests, thinking, preferences, and opinions, and we integrate all of those factors subconsciously in every decision we make. But what happens when someone questions our decision-making and tells us we’re making the wrong choice after going through our instinctual process? Lots of people don’t care what others think of them, but it haunts many people like me.
Last year I had the biggest blowout with my family that I’ve ever had before, and
it was because I was berated and judged in my own home. My parents have expressed to me via some comment or joke here and there about (more…)
