Tag: depression
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What It’s Like
Hey there mister Tin ManYou don’t know how lucky you areIf you’d ever felt one breakingYou wouldn’t want a heart -Miranda Lambert I wept my way through a funeral last weekend. Obviously, that’s normal, but I barely knew this young man. He was loved by many people I care about and they spoke of him…
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Unhelpful Platypuses
It’s been a while since I’ve written about depression. The simple reason why: My depression has both improved and stayed the same. It has changed and it hasn’t. And how do you write about that? People like simple progress. We like it when someone goes from point A to point B, even if there’s only…
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Remember the Goodness
I recently realized that although I believe in a good God, I don’t believe he will give me good things. That’s all. End of post. Okay, I guess I’ll expand a little. I watched Brené Brown’s Netflix special a few weeks ago (stop reading and go watch it if you haven’t yet), and she talked…
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#FlashbackFriday: Shadows
Last weekend, wavering somewhere between grief and nostalgia, I dug out some old CDs from under my bed, CDs containing years of homework, photos, journal entries, and story ideas. I certainly didn’t go through it all, but I went back to the ones that stuck out in my memory. In particular, I wanted to reread…
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Let’s Call This What It Is
I was meeting with two coworkers this week to explain what I would need from them in order to do something they were asking of me. For context, I explained that I have had to put a lot of boundaries in place lately in order to continue functioning. I said that last week I was…
