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Tag: Suicide

Feeling the Feels

Feelings are foreign to me; at least feelings over which I don’t have some sort of control.

Breethe, calm, cleansing breaths, coming out, feelings, Go to the limits of your longing, Jesus, mindfulness, present, regret, rilke, Suicide, worry

Breathing; space.

Working through mental illness is not about being clever. ~ In fact, it’s the opposite of clever. Sometimes you have to stop thinking in order to ever think clearly again.

depression, meditation, Mental Illness, Suicide, survivor

For Sylvia

I am not ready for anything to happen

Life, recovery, Suicide, sylvia plath

The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t

December 26, 2018. Yesterday could have been a very different Christmas. 21 days ago, I tried to take my own … More

christmas, Mental Illness, Suicide
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