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Depression is an asshole.
Greta Christina wrote this amazing post a few days ago on how she re-organizes her priorities to manage her depression. It’s a great read, and I think her strategies are spot-on. Self-care is so...
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Fear and rephrasing
So I’ve decided to try and eliminate “I’m afraid” from my vocabulary. As in, “I’m afraid my date will find me unattractive,” “I’m afraid my girlfriend will leave me,” “I’m afraid of the dark.” Instead,...
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Lonely, or just alone?
So, an email chat with this lovely lady got me thinking. Why don’t we know how to be alone? She and I are both going through similar things: mourning a transition in close relationships in our lives,...
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Depression: Still an asshole. Big surprise.
It is so hard to get out of my own head sometimes. I blame my jerkbrain. That motherfucker’s been having a field day. In the past few weeks, it’s had me convinced of some pretty wild stuff. To the...
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A short thought on patriarchy…
So right now I work the customer service line for an online retailer. I like my job most of the time. Most of the customers I talk to are pretty nice. But the other day I took what was probably the...
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Untethered
There are weird things going on with my heart lately. In the metaphysical place-where-I-feel-feelings sense, not the literal muscle. My physical heart, as far as I know, is doing just fine. But I’ve...
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Oh, THAT’S what love is.
Anyone who knows me – hell, probably anyone who’s met me – knows I am bad at asking for help. Not just bad at it, really… like, allergic to it. I’m the person who juggles 50 pounds of groceries and the...
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In the heart
In the heart is a forest. In the forest lives a beast. A great grey mane, a wild white tooth, my beast has a mouth that will mangle the truth. In the heart is a forest. In the forest, a tree. A great...
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Every Damn Day
5:50 am: Alarm goes off. Hit ten-minute snooze. 6:00 am: Alarm goes off. Hit ten-minute snooze again.
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