Life
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What is Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
Since I’ve been recently officially diagnosed with multiple diagnosis (including BPD), I have found Dialectal Behavior Therapy incredibly helpful so far even though it’s only been a short amount of time practicing it. So, I wanted to share with you all what I know about DBT and why it’s useful…
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Since I Found Out Who I Am, Living Has a Whole Other Meaning
I firmly believe that we are all on a forever journey with ourselves to find out what we want to live for and discovering multiple ways of navigating through the waves that we call life. Wherever I’ve been and where I haven’t been, whatever I’ve done and whatever I haven’t…
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SO Much to say, so here I go…
Wow. Well… a lot has happened y’all! To start, I met the love of my life in June and I actually moved in with him 2-3 days before the end of July! I KNOW, RIGHT?! He proposed in August and our wedding is being planned for April/May of 2026! Besides…
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My History with Psychosis
And all that that entailed *TW: psychosis, cannabis, sharp objects, and sexual assault* The year was 2019 and I was attempting to self-medicate every chance I got to with cannabis. At the time, I had unprocessed trauma and I preferred to block it out than deal with it all together.…
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A Letter to my little self…
I’ve changed but not by much I know you always hoped things would get better… 20 years have passed and I can’t tell you that they have. We still cry at night. And we never gave up the habit of hiding and holding our breath in the hope that, magically,…
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15 Things Keeping Me Alive Right Now
I’ve been feeling overwhelmingly depressed. As someone diagnosed with Persistent depressive disorder (with intermittent major depressive episodes), I know this adds up but still… it aches to get through the days, let alone the minutes and hours. But I wanted to celebrate and remind myself of all the things keeping…
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Is Electroconvulsive Therapy worth it?
My Experience With ECT at AABBHH I’ll start by saying this: Whatever you have seen relating to ECT on television or in movies is inaccurate. And they usually showcase a character going through tremendous amounts of pain during their procedure. That was nowhere near my experience. The truth is that…
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Get To Know Me
The Q&A nobody asked for- but that I wanna give! LOL 1. What’s your favorite music to play in the morning? I love me some Sade but I specifically love listening to her album “Diamond Life” (1984) in the morning. Listening to “Why can’t we live together?” with some coffee……
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The Internet: Our Vast Playground
(With Endless Possibilities) I’d be a liar if I told you I understood the internet. In all honesty, I can’t even begin to comprehend how the internet works. Yet, as a consumer, I can appreciate it and feel intimidated by it all at once. This feeling of ambivalence has always…
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Bonds. What are they? What pushes us towards bonding? What’s the point?
Even though this is my blog and I can write whatever I want whenever I want- I get stage fright! I get nervous! And I often think to myself before writing: “What’s the next trick I’m going to pull out of my sleeve? I have no clue!” But eventually-EVENTUALLY, my desire to…
Foolishly Happy 