Mental Health Journey… Being Your Own Support System 6 Mar 2021 A question I get a lot, especially if going to any kind of health related appointment is, "do you have a support system?" Sometimes, they want to know specifically who…
Mental Health Journey Living With Borderline Personality Disorder 7 Feb 2021 I have thought about writing this post since my unofficial diagnosis last year, but I kept feeling like I would get backlash since I don't technically have it on my…
Mental Health Journey… I Am Still Here 22 Oct 202022 Oct 2020 I feel like I haven't been as present on here lately. Partly because of some writer's block and partly because I have been very exhausted. My insomnia has been back…
Mental/Emotional… A Broken System That Needs to Do Better 22 Sep 202022 Sep 2020 You would think after all this talk about mental illness, we would be getting somewhere positive to make an actual difference in society. I have seen and heard first hand…
Mental/Emotional Wired Like This 1 Sep 2020 I am feeling a bit coocoo all the sudden today. I have been very open when it comes to my mental illnesses and struggles that come with that. Today, I…
Debt How My Mental Illness Drowned Us In Debt 15 Aug 202015 Aug 2020 When my husband and I first met (2010) I only had 2 lines of credit and no other debt. The only debt he had was his car. I was a…
Diary Something Is Missing 29 Jun 2020 Hold on a second while I gather my thoughts... I apologize in advance if this is jumpy, but I just feel compelled to write this out. For the last 2…
kids… Letting My Preschooler Dye Her Hair 25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020 For those of you who know me or have followed my journey for awhile have seen the ongoing, never ending, transformation of my hair. I have had black hair, red,…
Mental Health Journey BPD and Childhood Trauma 7 Jun 2020 To say things have been tough would be an understatement. (I am not talking about the chaos going on in the world right now). When I was officially diagnosed with…
Mental Health Journey This Is My Normal. 25 May 2020 When you spend the majority of your life a certain way, you can only assume that it is normal. It wasn't until maybe 2 years ago that I found out…