Image from Pixabay The holidays are a bit of a bitter-sweet for me, on the one hand, as a kid I loved seeing everything light up, Christmas concerts and gifts. On the other hand, being that Christmas break is one of the most extended breaks from school. My doctors would plan for any surgeries I … Continue reading Blogmas Day 16 Mental Health and The holidays
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Under Shifting Stars by Alexandra Latos
Image from Goodreads We meet twins, Audrey and Clare and yes, they might be twins, but they’re not born on the same day and they can opposite on most days. Both are grieving the death of their brother. On top of that, one of them is dealing with mental health issues, and the other is … Continue reading Under Shifting Stars by Alexandra Latos
Scene
Image from Pixabay There is this sceneFrom a day of my lifeThat keeps coming to mindIt was me trying to do homeworkOn the kitchen tableWith my parents cooking dinnerWhich is rareSo, when I’m anxiousI make my mindTime travel to that sceneAs my source of calmness Alex
On Those Days
When you feel You can’t make it Out of your bed And the whole world Feels like it’s falling On your head I’ll be there To share my wind With you And help you relearn How to fly And set yourself Free again Alex
Not As Simple As Eating….
When that voice Enters your mind Acting like your best friend Injecting self-hate And depression in you Telling you That if you want To feel that you have Any kind of worth You need to do this and that When you try to remove that voice Will fight you But if you ask for help … Continue reading Not As Simple As Eating….
My First Hike In Years
As I wrote in the Childhood Rambling post, I spent most of my weekends as a kid at my aunt. After lunch, my uncle, her brother, would lift me to his car and take us places where we could walk and hike. All we took was water. We would walk or in my case wheel. … Continue reading My First Hike In Years
Off The Topic Thursdays/ My Trans Brain
Every morning I wake up With puppy kisses Which makes me smile But then My dysphoric mind Wakes up too And it starts to hear My high voice And going on to think About my chest But luckily with a chest binder Gives me the strength To fight this battle For yet another Day
Off The Topic Thursdays/ Fake Smile
I have To fake smile Since The pain In my mind Is Invisible So it’s Something that No one Can see So They don’t Believe me When I Tell him That It’s there. Alex
Blogmas Day 7: Mental Health And The Holidays
My depression during the holidays isn’t something that I talked or been open up about outside of therapy sessions. The reason being it feels that around that the holiday season you’re only allowed to be happy and love yourself and don’t get wrong there is anything wrong with feeling like that. It’s kind of embarrassing … Continue reading Blogmas Day 7: Mental Health And The Holidays
Mental Health And Transition Update
I don’t really know where to start, so I guess I might as well start from the beginning. A few months, my endocrinologist ordered a bunch of blood tests to see if I still have Polycystic ovary syndrome. (Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age) And the reason … Continue reading Mental Health And Transition Update
