I suffer from depression and anxiety all year round, but it feels like it sinks a little deeper into my bones as soon as the days start to get shorter, colder, and less nice sunshiny days all together. I start to feel more tired, less...
Recovery
My experience with online dating was...well...interesting I guess. After my separation from my husband of several years, I found myself feeling free and ready to get out there and have.
Trigger Warning – this article has mention of abuse, manipulation, and no contact with abuser and family. We were visiting my grandmother in her room at the local retirement home.
I remember you pushing me out of the motor homes doors into that parking lot, where you had pushed my mother just before me. A few personal items were pitched out afterwards before you drove away, leaving us with practically nothing and in a different...
When it does eventually come, the internal struggle is over, and then all is calm. Every cell of my body breathes deep sighs of sweet relief, and is suddenly calm. .
I remember this moment so clearly, unlike many moments in my childhood that are simply a blank, this one stuck. Although I wish it had simply vanished into the part.