It’s been a while since I’ve tapped my feelings on the screen. It’s been a while for everything really. This year, this year has been one of the toughest, yet rewarding, years of my life. This year has taught me so much about myself-mostly about how afraid I am, but more importantly, how brave. It’s […]
There have been countless thank yous in my inbox, countless moments of people exemplifying my courage in talking about struggling with PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Some people like to snicker and use my openness as a call for attention, but it is just that. It is a call for attention: Attention and Awareness that the […]
So many of my clients, mostly the adolescents, feel they are misunderstood. More so because they are teens and teenagers are just weird as is- who likes a teenager? Ha. But the truth of the matter is, many of us are misunderstood. We are misunderstood because we have been taught that if we are not […]
Well, It’s May. Mental Health Awareness Month. And as a future mental health counselor, who wouldn’t advocate for their clients? Not only am I a future counselor, but I am also a teacher, and an individual who manages, quite well I may add, PTSD. For those who don’t know, PTSD is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, something […]
There are days, like today- in fact, this very moment, where I have to type uncontrollably to the beat of my own heart, just to silence it. Fighting the tumultuous beats with the sounds of the keys helps with calming the storm that happens inside the body I sometimes don’t recognize. My mind-it plays tricks […]
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