Moved to Medium
Just a quick note: A few months ago I decided to move all of my content to Medium.com to try to spread my advocation for mental health...
A gradual climb through depression, anxiety, support, and redemption.
Just a quick note: A few months ago I decided to move all of my content to Medium.com to try to spread my advocation for mental health...
Three years ago, I decided to quit a job that I had been doing for over a decade. As far as a job goes, it was all I knew. I never went...
“The sad truth is that man’s real life consists of a complex of inexorable opposites—day and night, birth and death, happiness and...
Is it possible to find growth in an unforgiving environment? Some people, including me, believe it’s the only way to grow. Comfort breeds...
Sullen, dark eyes stare blankly into the black, powder coated steel of a bedroom lock box. A young girl, maybe 14, stands rigidly with...
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest...
A Lesson “There is a girl who smiles all the time, to show the world that she is fine. A boy who surrounds himself with friends, wishes...
“Why do people keep repeating the same self-destructive behavior? To answer (this) question, I would compare the character… to a shell....
A tired, pale and worry-filled man sits in a grey-walled and dimly lit office. Around him, a steady stream of distant, muffled voices....
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing...
On a small island accessible by a short ferry, lived a man consumed by a toxic mind. I never met this man or knew him, in the least. A...
It’s been roughly 5 years since I began showing symptoms of depression, hence, the name of the blog. 2015; year one. I was ignorant and...
“We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.” ― Ursula K....
Be selfish now, become selfless later. In my last post, Stand Firm in Adversity, I talked about the importance of community, sharing and...
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of...
Just like the word suggests, self-image is the way in which we see ourselves. The downfall with that definition is that we rarely see...
“Bullshit Confidence” is a term that I started using a couple of years ago. It’s been a fitting description of certain aspects of my life...
As our conversations and interactions become more and more digital, human beings are beginning to lose connection with the people that...
You know that feeling when everything is running smoothly? Your brain isn’t buried by worrisome futures or unfinished business. Time...
As you lay awake in your bed of nails and broken glass, endless thoughts penetrate your brain like buckshot through paper targets. Your...