Batteries Not Included
I’m here. Sort of. Albeit in pieces. I can hardly breath most days. My life is heavy and uncontrollable often.
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depression
Sometimes It’s just hard to breath
Most of you know the feeling, the weight on your chest, the restlessness in your body. That feeling that you
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Everything is …Fine
It’s been months, weeks, days, whatever since I wrote here last. I can’t remember. You see I’ve been in a
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Depression – Suicide – and the lies that your brain whispers
Let me start by saying – I am safe. I am in no danger. I am in treatment. I am
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Anxiety, Depression, and Autism
Mental illness affects more of us than we’ll ever know, but experts estimate that something like one in five adults
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Anxiety and Depression
There are several common themes in the autism community I’d love to highlight. This post specifically deals with two of
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Waiting for the Shoe to Drop
It’s been awhile since I’ve written for my own blog. Life has been so busy and to be honest, things have been going smoothly. I stopped and knocked on wood as soon as I typed that last sentence. I know that at any moment, in a whirl wind,…
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You Are Not Alone
You don’t owe anyone anything, not even an explanation for your feelings. It doesn’t have to make sense to them or even to you. You don’t have to feel guilty or ashamed about it.
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Lost in Translation
From the outside I seem together and normal. I look like everything is great. I smile. I clean. I teach. I pull myself together. What you don’t see is the constant battle in my head. The constant fight to feel better. The constant work it takes to put …
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Autistic Tendencies vs. Autism
When I was 17 I spent 8 days in a youth psychiatric ward. I was diagnosed with depression, but my
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