When You Eat Your Emotions
One of the symptoms of (or maybe a contributing factor to) my depression was losing touch with my emotions. I’m very familiar with sadness. But I struggle with other emotions,...
Author: Joelle
Why Heartbreak Is So Painful
Why is heartbreak so painful? Melissa Hill, a neuroscience graduate from Brown University, tries to answer that question in an article called “Can Tylenol Help Heal a Broken Heart?” that...
A Look Inside My Head
There are too many things going on in my head, too many things going on at the same time. I can’t focus. How do I slow these racing thoughts down?...
Can You Wish The Pain Away?
For most of 2015, I wished I would disappear. I thought that maybe if I did, the pain would stop. I didn’t disappear. And the pain didn’t stop. It stayed...
The Story of How I Made A Little Green Friend
When I met Cubebot in the summer of 2013 at a local gadget store, little did I know that we would become inseparable. Back then, I played with him a...
The Thing With “I Don’t Know”
I’m lost and I don’t know what to do. Or is it that I do know but for whichever reasons, I’m not ready to take that step yet?
Is There Relief After A Fall?
I often feel like I can barely stay standing. It’s like I’m on the brink of falling, collapsing. Maybe if I did, I’d feel a bit better, because I’d get...
The Past That Does’t Wash Away Easily
What do you do with the things from your past that still overwhelm you in the present? Things like your childhood, your upbringing, your relationships, and your so-called activism. How...
This Thing Called Life
Sometimes I feel like I cannot do this living thing. How do you do this all the time? Day in day out? How do you keep going?
