Category: Of the Broken
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I’m Not Ok
Days like this remind me… I’m not even going to pretend with you; I’m not ok. My head is swimming, the pressure mounting. Luckily I don’t feel like I have a weight crushing my chest anymore. Still, I feel as though the anxiety came, did its damage, and slunk back into its cave within my…
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Suicid(al)
*TRIGGER WARNING* This post contains heavy references to suicide and depression. In honor of Suicide Awareness month this post is dedicated to those who have been taken by depression. May you rest in peace… A knife to the wrist. A noose around the neck. A bullet into your mouth. The inevitability of death is well…
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Sunday Confession: Despite my Pain I will…
If you have been reading my blog in recent weeks you’ll know that I’ve been on a search. It hasn’t been any normal kind of search either. I’m not really looking for something that doesn’t exist, I’m not really looking for anything animated. I’m simply looking for the real Jesus. I’ve been raised in a…
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The Stigma of Silence Ends…Now
I’m fed up. How’s that for an opening line of a blog? It’s true though, I’m fed up. “Well, with what?” You may ask. Quite honestly with the perceived apathy towards Mental Illness that seems to be running rampant these days; especially within the Christian Church. The one place a person should feel safe has…
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The Hope Beyond My Hurting
It takes two to tango I would certainly be amiss if I continued to write about my depression and only showed you the negative side of things. It is very easy to fall into a bout of depression and only focus on the dark side of our proverbial moon. I mean what’s good when everything…
Confessions 