Tag: mental health
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Victimization
the processing of pain began with an insistent ache in my belly,not long after sharing a story of trauma with my daughter.i recognized it to be my body speaking to me,she who has only been given voice in my system in recent years.(embodiment is such a foreign conceptto one whose mind believes it is a…
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Too Many Tabs
“Want to do a May Challenge?” my friend texted me at the end of April. She loves doing plank, push up or dietary challenges and always tries to rope me in for accountability (or because misery loves company, as I often counter!). “Friend,” I responded, “May IS the challenge!!”May was progress checking in the form…
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The Lightness of Being
It’s been coming for some time, I can see that now.I sensed it now and then, yet…I didn’t note how the minutes became hours became days.I didn’t recognize the consistency and variations.I knew I felt peaceful, happy, content, alive, vibrant, tingly.But then it hit me, really hit me, last week.A regular Monday in March, nothing…
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The Final Say
“You will always have the final say in which experiences you choose to control and consume your life.” ~DodinskyMy friend’s husband always says, “Don’t allow people to take up space in your head rent free.” It always makes me smile because it’s said with love and concern for me when I am trying to make…
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Making Room in January, Part 2
I’ve MADE ROOM in the second half of the month for: 1. writing poetry and exploring new structures without self judgment.2. taking a photo walk. 3. a weekly donation bag.4. bringing the poetic structure to my writing group and enjoying where each woman took the prompt and how they expressed themselves.5. pleasure. 6. a night…
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Foreign Objects
A handful of years ago, I had a bike accident while riding on a towpath beside the Delaware River. I ended up beneath a couple of bikes and bodies and we all slid a distance before coming to a stop. In addition to cuts, scrapes, swelling and shock, I had a good deal of gravel…
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Practice Presence
Pause there and rest, Take a beat, Come down from the thrill, The excitement of soaring, Of showing off your beauty, Of proving your skill, Flying high above, unreachable, untouchable, Getting an overview, a glimpse- An outsider, you control what we see of you. Come down now, Amongst us, those who love you. What do…
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Mental Health-Words Matter
I read a post by Lauren Urie, R.S.W. from @advocacychange project that said: Stop saying bipolar when you mean moody. Stop saying psychotic when you mean irrational. Stop saying anorexic when you mean thin. Stop saying depressed when you mean sad. Stop saying schizophrenic when you mean unpredictable. Stop saying anti-social when you mean shy…
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You’re Not Asking Too Much
The other day I read this quote: “You’re not asking too much, you’re just asking the wrong person” and had an epiphany. I have always known at my core that I am simultaneously not enough and too much. The “too much” comes from being the youngest by far in a family of intellectuals, never feeling…
The Journey Inward 