Anxiety and Depression

I’ve been living with the effects of complex trauma for a long time, but for many years, I didn’t know what it was. Off and on throughout my life, I’ve struggled with what I thought was anxiety and depression. Or rather, In addition to being traumatized, I was anxious and depressed. …

Sometimes, when I get stressed, anxious or frustrated, I break down. The hard part is, it’s not just from things most people would find stressful. In fact, I deal pretty well with the big things: death, breakups, loss of a pet. I know these things are bad and I feel …

As most folks struggle and stress to get through this messy mishmash we call pandemic, there is a certain group of people who are living a whole different sort of life. These folks are actually doing the opposite of struggling and stressing. There is, in fact, something about the current situation that …

I often wish I could be a “normal” wife. I wish I could keep a clean house, cook dinners, bake and have people over. I wish I could keep up on laundry and be organized. But no, the house is always a mess, I hardly ever cook, I rarely bake …

By Marlena Tillhon “The emotional wounds and negative patterns of childhood often manifest as mental conflicts, emotional drama, and unexplained pains in adulthood.” ~Unknown I am a firm believer in making the unconscious conscious. We cannot influence what we don’t know about. We cannot fix when we don’t know what’s wrong. I …

I am poor. It feels strange typing it, because I am blessed with many things, but it is the truth. I am terrified an emergency will come one day and all of my savings suddenly will be depleted. I also struggle with depression and anxiety as a result of genetics and abuse. When low on …

Editor’s note: Please see a doctor before starting or stopping a medication. After almost three years of being diagnosed with anxiety and depression, I recently found out that I have bipolar disorder. Taking these six pills daily is what keeps me afloat. I’m writing this in the hope that it will help …