Depression

Who wouldn't be after the year I've had? — Yesterday, I couldn't pull myself out of the bathtub. I imagined calling the Fire Department to heave my weak, naked body out of the tub and onto the bathroom floor. I even visualized myself flopping around like a fish out of water. …

**TW: It’s a messy, unkempt, desperate space — themes of suicidal thoughts** The days grow dark with the equinox; My toes catch chill in my holey socks. …

A recent study carried out at Harvard indicates that people who spend a lot of time online can experience a form of depression, preferring to withdraw and isolate themselves from a social point of view. How do social platforms make you unhappier? What is the connection between depression and social media? Depression is a serious condition that affects the…

Don’t forget that. — Since I started writing on this platform it has been an asset in many ways. One of them is the fact that the Medium is wonderful when it comes to being a psychologist. I can write on Medium everything that makes me angry and upset me, completely switching from writing…

Trigger Warning: This article contains graphic and potentially triggering content. Please proceed with caution. — I was in the fourth grade the first time I tried to end my life. I went into my mother’s medicine cabinet, grabbed a few prescription bottles, and took 15 pills. It wasn’t life-threatening but it did get me sent to a psychiatric hospital–the first of many visits. After that…

Nothing’s been the same since the day it happened — Mental illness is a clever leech. No one can see it but you can still feel its teeth in your back. Inchmeal drinking out your life until pints of you are gone. You’re not sure where it came from or when it found you but you know one day it…