Milestones

Milestones, for some they can mean making it to the top of Mount Everest, for others, surviving to see the next sunrise. Technically of course, it measures the distance that you have traveled from one place to the next. I do not know about you dear reader, but for me, it is hard for me …

What’s Wrong with Me?

What's wrong with me? I think everyone has asked themselves that at one point or another. I certainly asked it of my self often enough, especially during those awkward teenage years. Fortunately, or unfortunately, what is wrong with me can actually be diagnosed. I have PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, moderate reoccurring depression, and …

Help

I am not a person who asks for help. Even when I am drowning and someone is holding a lifeline, it is incredibly difficult for me to reach out and take what they are offering. After I finally got in to see a counselor at my university, they evaluated me and came to the conclusion …

The Dawn

"It's always Darkest before the Dawn." Thomas Fuller said that in 1650, and while his body has crumbled away, his words remain in our current collective consciousness. In my experience, I have found it to be true. I was considering suicide. I had a plan, I had set a date, I had even come up …