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Having A Mental Illness Is Like Having A Full-Time Job
I may not be working or studying right now and I was going to be extremely harsh and mean to myself today about it… but then I remembered something someone once told me years ago while I was crying to her on the phone… She said, “Nancy, having a mental…
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My Relationship with Emotions
It’s been a hot mess, y’all! Today I saw my DBT therapist and I explained that I’ve been tracking my mood in the tracker she gave me. I showed her the sheet and we both recognized that I’ve been feeling manic-y. So instead of teaching me about Distress Tolerance like…
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I like how I feel at 1 A.M.
I like how I feel at 1 A.M. …When darkness surrounds my bright screen as I try not to wake up anyone on accident My eardrums vibrate from sounds of asmr as I lay in bed scrolling and visualizing possibilities The pillow gently holds my head while I giggle inside…
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Por Ella/For Her
Un poema para la mujer más bella del mundo/A poem for the most beautiful woman in the world Por ella me muero de risa con nuestros chistes. Por ella me caen las lágrimas cuando siento su dolor. Por ella… yo cuidare su corazón como si fuera lo más importante del…
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TV’s Most Functional & Unhinged Family
(And why they are goals) For years, television show jokes (particularly family related) usually have come at the expense of someone else. To the point where it was so common to watch this type of humor everywhere you looked. Shows like “The Simpsons”, “Family Guy”, and “American Dad” are a…
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Two Cool & Simple ways to stay Retro
Because I don’t gatekeep, sis! “What a time to be alive!” I think to myself almost every single day. Technology has been making it’s ways into our lives more and more each day and as that is happening, so are the advances in equipment. Today I’m going to write about…
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I COULDN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
So I said what everyone was thinking… I did something very impulsive and inconsiderate… but to be frank, not as inconsiderate as what someone else was doing. I won’t explain who this person was so let’s just call him “Ben”. So, some brief background on the problem was that “Ben”…
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Out of the Dark!
And it feels good! But a little bit too good… Yesterday, my DBT therapist gave me a daily mood tracker that is a tool to keep her and myself informed about my mood symptoms. At the end of each day, I’m supposed to record my mood and related factors. And…
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It’s Tuesday
A Poem About My Day Cozy but getting myself on my feetThe taste and smell of fresh coffee With donuts! Two not one Seeing an episode for the first time And actually liking itApplying my makeup with precision Gotta have them perfectly drawn on eyebrows…Am I right?Being driven somewhere I’ll…

