anxiety vs. sleep

My anxiety is out of control. It is a constant battle in my mind of what I know rationally and what my anxiety is telling me. The last few nights have been rough. I get tired, and all I want to do is go to sleep. And then for absolutely no reason something bizarre happens.…

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time doesn’t heal

I had a bit of a rough day a few days ago. I briefly visited the TU campus, and it was the first time I've really been on the actual campus since the candlelight vigil the school had for T. I honestly didn't even think twice about it at first. But as we drove through…

crash

So last night A and i were in a car accident. we were at an almost dead stop and a drunk driver who was ALSO on his phone plowed into the back of our car going between 45-55 mph. i've never been in a car accident before so it was definitely really scary. A and…

another day, another stay

so i finally moved out. on tuesday june 12th i moved out of my beautiful home that we built together. it broke my heart all over again. i'm temporarily staying with family until i can find a new place to live and until then i'll be hopping around between my immediate family members homes. after…

waves

so i study grief. literally my masters degree is counseling with a focus on bereavement (grief) i am excellent in a crisis. i am incredible at comforting others that are grieving. except when it's myself. in case you don't know, the five stages of grief, as defined by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, are denial anger bargaining depression…

the dark cloud

my anxiety follows me everywhere uninvited. a dark cloud that rarely brightens. i always struggled with it a little, but when my best friend died, it just exploded. Its annoying because its mostly really irrational things that I have no control over, and I try to remind myself of that but thats a lot damn…