Tag: mental health
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Morning Pages – 3.15.23
I began a new journaling practice I learned about online called ‘morning pages’ where you write at least three pages in a journal, long-hand, first thing in the morning. It’s a way to clear out the clutter in your head before you start the day. I have been doing this for six days now and…
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Being Alone, and How Simple Things Saved My Life.
CW: Brief talk of suicidal ideation I’ve always been a loner. Sounds cliché, I know, but it’s true. I joke all the time about my introverted ways, laugh at memes about how quiet we are, how we flake out of plans at the last minute, and am sometimes proud of the fact that I can…
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Selfish Nature
There is a small nature park in my town that consists of a cluster of trails. It sits just outside the noisy traffic of rush hour and the light rail is nearby to take commuters to and from work. Even though it’s not totally in the wilderness, I enjoy walking these trails from time to…
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Seclusion
Journal Entry, 8 May 2020, 10:44am I’ve never been satisfied with my life because I’ve never been good enough for others. T___ died; K___ ignored me; and P____ was never there, and since then, I’ve been afraid of committing because I’m afraid that they’ll suddenly disappear. So, I throw all attachments to the wind; I…
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A not-so-rare mental disorder that is rarely talked about
I was in kindergarten sitting at the back of the class when I started to pull out my eyelashes. I don’t know what made me do it but I knew that it comforted me. On the other hand, I knew that what I was doing was bad, so I became good at hiding it. One…
Mysti Gayle 