Category: Mental Health
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Daily Prompt 2/7/24
My parents were fighting with my brother at my age. I was away at college and my brother was alone with them, doing drugs, drinking, and other bad things. They were working and paying a small portion of my college tuition. But mostly they were counting down until they could get my brother graduated from…
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Daily Prompt 1/24/24
I want to read ALL the books. I love non-fiction books about history and people. Sometimes I enjoy biographies about all types of people. I don’t read fiction as much anymore because it seems too hard to get through these days. I like books that are essentially tell-alls. I guess you could say I am…
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Dreams become reality…maybe
Today I got the email that I made it to the first round of interviews for that camp job I was interested in. It’s literally one week this summer, but I really REALLY want this. It was one of those video interviews where it asks a question and then you get 60 seconds to formulate…
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Daily Prompt 1/21/24
This is a tough question for me. The number of things I’ve done that I was scared to do is huge. If I want to do something, I will do it. In my journey these last few years, I have learned things about myself that I find surprising. Like that multiple people have tried to…
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Trauma responses come from where?
I had a follow up doctor’s appointment today. There’s a newish nurse there that I cannot stand. SHe’s perfectly nice but there’s something about her that bothers me. I pretty much had the beginnings of a panic attack while we were doing the questions and blood pressure stuff. I was sitting there telling myself that…
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Daily Prompt 1/11/24
I do love this question, which is rare for me. I usually dislike the prompts or find them poorly written, but I like this one. If I won the lottery, I would not become rich. First I would start a foundation to help people but for what, I have no idea. Something education, sports opportunities,…
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A little secret about me
Something I do when I’m alone is ask my phone what I need to hear and then I hit shuffle on my music and the first song that plays is what I need to know in that moment. Sometimes my phone gets on a good run and everything that follows feels equally as good. So…
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the year ahead
This year is off to a great start. I feel really inspired and happy so far. I’m eagerly awaiting the stsaff applications to open for the camp I want to work at, lacrosse practice starts this week, and I feel energized. That’s rare for me this time of year, as I’m usually down and sad…