Lulliby A Poem I’m used to being up when you’re asleep it gets worse the closer you are to me the world spins under your gentle breathing no one knows what you are dreaming miles away, I’m far from sleeping tonight you are not mine purple sky outside your window worries on the… Continue reading Lullaby
“This Little Masochist”: The Irrational Rationale For Self-Harm
Trigger warning: Tasteful but detailed discussions of self-injury ahead. … “And this little masochist, she’s lifting up her dress... guess I thought I could never feel the things I feel.” - Tori Amos, “Hey Jupiter” ... In this article I define masochism, self-injury, and self-harm as the acts of hurting yourself on purpose with the… Continue reading “This Little Masochist”: The Irrational Rationale For Self-Harm
Yesterday
Listen to the song here. Yesterday A Song 4,D these sleepless nights aren’t as fun as they used to be have you forgotten it was just last week your early morning sighs called me to rise now I awake at night, and can’t even open my eyes… do you remember me from… Continue reading Yesterday
Borderline Vs. Bipolar: What My Doctors Should Have Known
For Dr. B ... It took ten freaking years for someone to figure out I’m not bipolar. I was diagnosed with a mood disorder at the age of 12 by a children’s psychiatrist who gave me lithium, which was about as useful as taking Tylenol for an amputated leg. When I outgrew her, I started… Continue reading Borderline Vs. Bipolar: What My Doctors Should Have Known
Clusterfuck Masterpiece
Clusterfuck Masterpiece A Poem sprawling mental utopia orbital insomnia locked in the universal hum familiar in silhouette lullaby in retrospect bound in love and time and chewing gum fields of creativity family of strangers flight of intimacy parody and clarity deliberate recklessness a little bit of mystery goes a long way … Continue reading Clusterfuck Masterpiece
“People With Mental Illness Are Jerks”
The identities of those described have been changed to protect their anonymity. Everything else has been told exactly as it happened. ... Many years ago, I attended a depression support group. Most of the people there suffered directly from one or more mental illnesses, whereas some of them were just very graciously there to support… Continue reading “People With Mental Illness Are Jerks”
Tales From The SoL Episode 2: The Crows’ Nest
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a Peabody Award-winning cult classic sci-fi comedy TV series from Minnesota that ran on and was canceled from four-ish different networks between 1988-1999, and has been producing new episodes on Netflix since 2017. Featuring laughably low budget mad scientists, robot puppets, styrofoam spaceships, and terrible movies, it contains all the… Continue reading Tales From The SoL Episode 2: The Crows’ Nest
