Today marks the 10 year anniversary of ending my use of psychiatric medication. 10 years ago, at the beginning of 2013, for the first time in my life, I truly began the journey of healing. By that year, I had spent over half my life at the time on large amounts of psych meds for…
I’ve been feeling a lack of zest for life far too often lately. Worn out and ragged, I’ve been running on autopilot again and it’s wreaking havoc on my body and ability to function at full capacity. I’m currently fighting a silly eye infection and up against some urgent deadlines both at work and home….
Until a couple years ago, I considered myself a plant killer. Having attempted to grow things many times over the course of my twenties, I had always been met with disappointment when I continually failed to help my plants thrive or even stay alive. So I stopped trying for quite a few years. Then came…
La Toscana è uno stato d’animo. As I combed my fingers through my damp tresses, a mess of knotted, broken hair melted from my head. Another reminder of my current state of existence. Chronic stress, hormonal changes, and years of little sleep have definitely taken their toll. “I’m too young to be losing my hair,”…
The end of this month will mark eight years since ending my use of the psychiatric pharmaceuticals that had consumed over half my life at that point. I spent the year of 2013 slowly tapering off the various drugs, changing the way I lived, and giving myself the best foot forward I could. At the…
When my husband, Richard, and I bought a brand-new Subaru in February 2018, it was an emotional milestone for us as a couple. That’s because we had quite literally started our life together with nothing just a few years prior. When we first got together in early 2014, we had both been fleeing from relationships…
It’s been over a year since taking my very last dose of psychiatric medication and I’m doing better than I EVER did while I was medicated. Since being mis-diagnosed with bipolar at age 16, I was continuously medicated on various psychotropic drugs until October 31, 2013. My choice to get off medication started with my…
“You cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people you choose to be around.” -Unknown Human consciousness is shifting. We are splitting in two very different ways as a society. While one group moves closer to chaos, war, violence, and consumerism, the other is shifting more towards spiritual growth, minimalism, and…