Originally posted on Facebook on Sept. 10, 2016. It’s been almost one year since the last time I wanted to die. It’s morbid, yes, but today is World Suicide Prevention Day and so far, I have kept living. I was 14 when it happened the first time. Winter has always felt like death to me,ContinueContinue reading “Why I Kept Living: World Suicide Prevention Day 2016”
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Outside the Box: Recovering from obsessive guilt
“i am still learning that i am allowed to be human out hereinside it was not allowedthose things made a bad thing happenso i still feel that. any tiny mistake… ” ~ anonymous friend Obsessive guilt is no longer my religion. But for many years, it was, and the scars left by it still lingerContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: Recovering from obsessive guilt”
The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul
You know people who talk about the dark night of the soul? Yeah, that. It doesn’t just exist in fiction. I try not to complain. I’m naturally an optimist. But 2015 has been an incredibly difficult year. I’ve lost several people, not to death, but to change. I don’t know which is harder, honestly. IContinueContinue reading “The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul”
Anxiety can pull students under, but some professors understand
This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on March 30, 2015. By Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor My gut twinges. The panic cyclone is coming. Swirls of worry claw at my insides. Some days I think I’m drowning in thought cycles. If you don’t get an A on this exam, you won’t stand a chance inContinueContinue reading “Anxiety can pull students under, but some professors understand”
Fear of Failure: Write a letter to your deepest, darkest fear
In November 2011, the online teen/college writers’ group that I was in, CleanPlace, posted a weekly prompt that asked us to write a formal complaint letter to your deepest, darkest fear. I found it again today and thought I’d leave it here on the blog. To: FailureRecurring Nightmare #9The Clammy Caverns of My SubconsciousContinueContinue reading “Fear of Failure: Write a letter to your deepest, darkest fear”
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