Expectation: Get to be happy because you don’t realize you are crazy. Reality: Have to deal with knowing you are crazy and be forever unsure if the information your brain is giving you is sound. Expectation: Get ...
Because I am the victim. I have all these gross experiences that have happened to me and will probably happen again and it’s something that is a part of my everyday life. Because ...
After reading the news on my phone this morning I wandered over to my book shelf. I have a bunch of poetry books with lots of bookmarks and I just wanted to flip to ...
Begin to date someone who is proportionately less interested and invested in you than you are in them. Strike a balance where you are able to keep up this unbalanced charade for several months. Stifle ...
So we had a huge storm in the past few days and everything looks pretty and Ansel Adams-y. Except I kind of hate getting this much snow. I just don’t understand what I am supposed ...
One thing about depression is that it actually feels really good to be sad. Ever notice how much better you feel after a good cry? At least when you are depressed you are being honest ...
This isn’t an essay about how depressed we are. We aren’t depressed. A little more anxious than your average person, sure, but I like to think that’s a side effect of optimism. I think the ...