I look in the mirror and all I think about is how much of a failure I am. Am I broken? Is this my fate? Do I have some miswired fuse in my head that makes me this way? I have suffered from depression through different phases in my life, but the latest one was the most dysfunctional. Continue reading The Other Side
By: Delightfullyunlucky When you over-think, you can only ever go either one of two ways…You can either be too hopeful, or you can create problems that aren’t there. Over-thinking can never lead anyone in the right direction. This is probably the main cause of unnecessary fights and break-ups. Not just in relationships between couples, but between friends too. I am guilty of doing this; it’s … Continue reading Obsessive Over-thinker
It was in 2014, following a second drink-driving charge and a six-month suspension from USA Swimming, that Michael Phelps started to talk. It wasn’t easy at first. The 23-time Olympic gold medalist had suffered a downward spiral that had got so bad he confined himself to one room for five days. But talking has helped and Phelps — the most decorated Olympian of all time … Continue reading Michael Phelps – I Didn’t Want to be Alive
In my point of view, writing has always been a relationship rather than an action verb and every relationship has routine characteristics to employ success. In this case, members of the relationship are myself, the topic I am writing about and the circumstances I write under. Over time, this love triangle has made me realize that there are rituals that I participate in during every … Continue reading A Writer’s Love Triangle
Written by M.E. When ordinary words failed to describe the break up I had to go through, I decided to put it in rhymes. Feet soaked in muddy rain Running down cold roads to drown the pain Wicked smiles signal the storm What’s abnormal and what’s the norm? Behind the sincere silence, I choke on every word Trying to express emotions that got slurred So … Continue reading Can’t Lose the Race
Written by C.D.Z. How do I sum up 31 years with mental illness? I don’t. I can’t. What I can do is say that I’m not big on labels. I have a few of them. Paranoid schizophrenic. Bipolar. PTSD. OCD. Generalized anxiety disorder. Bulimia (non-purging). Breast cancer (caused by medication). Crohns. Homeless. I could go on but like I said: I’m not big on labels. … Continue reading Labels Are For The Lazy
Written by: Kelley McElreath, The Survivor Coach http://www.thesurvivorcoach.com Looking back on my life prior to my attempted suicide, I now see the spiral so clearly. I was so, so sad. I knew something was wrong with me but I really and truly thought it was just what happens to a person after finishing their treatment for cancer. I mean, that is what all the doctor’s said would … Continue reading The Bridge, The Bullet & The Overdose
The Human Side 