Author: Brianna
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‘merry’ christmas
The author reflects on the challenges of facing the holiday season after losing loved ones, and the struggle with depression that amplifies these feelings of loss and hopelessness. Despite societal pressures to feel “merry,” they emphasize that it’s okay to not be okay and to seek support during difficult times.
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back in the groove
So. I disappeared for awhile. A lot went down from the end of July to now. I’ll give a breakdown and will go into more details on later blog posts. July 2019: Lost my cat Mocha and my Uncle Gary August – September 2019: Dealt with a lot of pain, tests, and ER visits. Which…
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holidays & loss
With Mother’s Day fast approaching I’ve found myself thinking more and more about my grandma and how much I miss her. I didn’t expect holidays to hit me so hard after she passed away. Thanksgiving was painful, though it was made easier by my family and boyfriend. However when Christmas rolled around it hit me…
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getting back
So it’s been awhile since I’ve written a post. Between work, my personal life, and my mental state I have been busy to say the least. Mentally I’ve struggled a lot the last few weeks. My anxiety has been so bad that I feel claustrophobic in my own room. So I’ve been camping out in…
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whirlwind
The last few weeks have been crazy to say the least. Started my new position at work and haven’t stopped moving. When I haven’t been working I have been spending time with my amazing boyfriend, wonderful family and also… sleeping. I dealt with a round of the flu, and then a bout of really bad…
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thoughts on allergies
So growing up I wasn’t allergic to anything. Not medication, pollen, bug bites, or any kind of food. So much to my surprise a few years ago I found out I had allergies. To something I ate all the time: Nuts. This was not expected and it actually took awhile to realize that was the…
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more poetry
As promised I have a few more poems to add to the collection. I had an extended streak of inspiration one day. It’s kind of funny how that happens. One day none will come to mind – like today. All the words were there but they wouldn’t go down on paper quite like they sounded…
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writing again
So it’s been a very (very) long time since I’ve written any poetry. Recently I have been inspired once again. By no means am I very good at it, though I have found often times it’s easier for me to write down my feelings than express them out loud. I’m not sure why but when…
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the last month
The last month has been a crazy whirlwind of change. Dealing with the loss of my grandmother was hard, harder than almost anything I’ve gone through up to this point. To put things in perspective during the worst of the that struggle at the end of July I didn’t want to keep going. I was…
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things that sometimes help.
Hello. So I thought I would write an entry about some things that help me when I’m struggling with my anxiety and depression. This is not an all-inclusive list and sometimes there are things that work, and others that won’t. A lot of it is trial and error, which can be very frustrating when you…