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In a rare sighting, sadness and hopelessness has its grip on me. It’s amazing how many mood swings I can have in one day. Is that just a characteristic of having a dissociative disorder, or does everyone swing like this? I try not to write about the every-day-goings-on of my life because it’s not […]
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POWER Do you have power? What is it? How do you get it? What do you do with it? Power: The ability to do or act in a particular way to direct or influence others’ behaviors. I know in the mental health community, my experiences with power are not dissimilar to others. When I […]
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Welcome to another edition of Music Monday! I’ll be quiet now because I have a lot to say regarding the following song “Praying” by Kesha. Side note: I don’t know why it turned my background white. All words are my own except when directly quoted. I‘d also love to hear from you. What songs are […]
Read MoreI don’t feel like conspiring to write brilliantly. I don’t want to care that the creativity has gone out of me like a candle in the wind. I think I shall never write again because we are not in the blackouts of depression, despair, or constant self-damnation to write from the heart and soul again. […]
Read MoreI wrote the piece below in April of 1995. I am posting it today because it still defines my existence. The writing is about how it is so hard to be hopeful because there is always something to strip me of that comfort. I concede today I choose to live my days clouded with negativity, […]
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