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Category: Depression

Confidence is like a Candle and I Think I’m from the Dollar Store

July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 ~ emilu28 ~ 6 Comments

When does it happen? When do we start to lose our confidence...our belief that we are good and worthy and capable? Does it happen all at once? Or is it death by a thousand cuts? I think confidence is like a candle. How long it burns comes down to myriad factors: the size of the … Continue reading Confidence is like a Candle and I Think I’m from the Dollar Store

A New and Different Diagnosis or Hormones Gone Wild

February 7, 2018 ~ emilu28 ~ 4 Comments

It trickled in slowly, in pangs of loneliness and an insidious jealousy that speaks fluent inadequacy. "You will never be good enough," it whispered, "you will never be talented enough or smart enough. You will never, ever be enough."I saw it rolling in, heard its hiss and didn't worry too much. I've always felt a … Continue reading A New and Different Diagnosis or Hormones Gone Wild

Medicated

November 20, 2017January 16, 2018 ~ emilu28 ~ Leave a comment

When I was younger I, and everyone around me, assumed mental illness was  just a place you visited. If you just saw the right therapist for long enough and maybe kicked it in gear with a little temporary pharmaceutical assistance, you'd pack your bags, hop on the happy bus and arrive back in the land … Continue reading Medicated

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