THE JOURNAL
A safe and brave space for intersectional conversations around sex, love, relationships, parenting, and life.
The Art of Asking for Help: Why It's So Hard and How to Overcome Barriers
One of the gifts this current season with depression is giving me is the gift to rewrite a lot of the stories of trauma around asking for and receiving support when my mental health isn’t at capacity.
I Wrote a Love Letter to My Depression
This year I told myself that I wanted to deepen my commitment to self-love. The moment I had that aha moment, I made a commitment to myself once again.
Living Alongside Depression
I have been living alongside depression since I was 15 years old. It’s here to stay and I have to accept it as part of my life.
It’s no longer a ghost from my past and I can live with it, I can live alongside it.
How to Cope with a Trauma Response
Trauma fucking sucks! There’s really not more to it. It’s hard, it causes a lot of pain and suffering, and its hard to cope with for both you and your loved ones.
I’m sharing 11 of my personal tips that I use to cope with the effects of trauma.
How to Deal With an Anxiety Attack
Anxiety is a state of unease, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of real or imagined threat. Having anxiety and a history of depression is an interesting thing. Although I don’t talk about it much as I have in the past it doesn’t mean that I’m not dealing with, I’ve just picked up many tools and techniques to help me overcome it day to day.
Here's a few things that have helped me in a state of anxiety: