Tag: mental-health

  • Before The Storm

    I wrote Life Lessons before things got really dark – before I used the word crisis or admitted to anyone how much I was struggling. At the time, it just felt like reflection… a soft moment of piecing myself back together. But now, looking back, I see it was a quiet warning. A softer ache before everything came crashing…

  • The Weight of I’m Fine

    “I’m fine.” It’s a phrase I’ve worn like armor. Automatic. Comfortable. Safe.It’s protected me in rooms where my truth felt too heavy, and it helped me survive in silence for a long time. But the girl who wrote I’m Fine wasn’t fine.She was holding her breath every day, hoping no one would notice how much she was…

  • The Numb Girl

    I just got back from a week at the cottage with my family. It was the kind of vacation that held both light and heaviness; days filled with laughter, food, games, sunburns, and stories. And still… moments where I found myself drifting in the middle of conversations, present in body but not really there. I…