Mental illness has been this fiend that I’ve been fighting for almost a decade now. Unfortunately, I can’t be sure of the timespan, I’ve been stuck with it for awhile. I hid (or at least tried to hide) my problems from the world by submerging myself into an ocea...

Rule No. 1: This is real.

Rule No. 2: You are allowed to be afraid, but not all the time.

That’s it. Those are the only rules. Easy enough to follow in whatever vague sense you decide to give them. I used to have to repeat these rules to myself a few times a day,...

"In between your goals, remember that there's a little thing called life that has to be liked and enjoyed."

This isn’t meant to be some stereotypical post about how I “got healthy,” but I thought I would share my experience.

Before all this, I felt so incredibly t...

A Letter to my Parents

A kiss followed by a

Desperate scramble to erase the evidence

Crying, sobbing, guilt, and pleasure

The summer I don’t remember

“Good parenting”

(Brainwashing)

The memories gone

Only a good catholic girl remains

Biting my tongue and

Swallowing my sin...

I’ve been struggling to write this for a few months now — not because I don’t know what to say, but because I have too much to say.

Those who have known me for years, and even those who I have met recently, perceive me as a sociable, down-to-earth, and bubbly per...

My mental health is something I have been battling for the last 7+ years. I struggle with depression, anxiety and PTSD. While mental health doesn't completely control my life, my life has definitely been affected by it. The days I forget to take my medication I...

i'm not a victim, or a survivor.

i'm not brave, or strong.

i'm just a little human,

with a lot more being.

-Unknown 

On January 2nd, 2018, I heard the words “we found a significantly large mass in your chest and will need to do some follow-up testing to see what it i...

Over the past five years, I’ve faced struggles that my younger, fun-loving, outgoing self would’ve never have dreamed of facing. I had no idea such emotional suffering existed out there in the world. There were times when I felt so unworthy of living that my onl...