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Rising From The Ashes: My 20+ Years With Mental Illness

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Reflecting On My Uncle’s Death

February 14, 2018 by spaige08 1 Comment

My uncle died last Sunday. I do not ask for your sympathies but instead offer you to bestow them to my aunt, cousins (both his children & grandchildren, and his brothers (my father and my other uncle). They are the ones who knew him well. I did not. Like his parents, my grandparents, I barely … [Read more…]

Posted in: death, depression, relatives, Uncategorized, writing Tagged: death, depression, emotional, empath, relatives, writer

What My Daughter Knows

February 9, 2017 by spaige08 2 Comments

My daughter knows I hated her just two weeks after she was born. Pure hatred, where using the actual word ‘hate’ is valid and not taboo. She knows I wanted to leave her and never ever see her again. She knows I wanted to turn back time and never have her, completely obliterate her existence. … [Read more…]

Posted in: anxiety, depression, hospitalization, mental health, parenting, postpartum, stigma Tagged: anxiety, daughter, depression, emotional, empath, hospital, mental health, mental illness, mom, parenting, postpartum, postpartum depression, raising a child, raising a daughter, stigma

I Am An Empath…

June 17, 2016 by spaige08 Leave a Comment

When I close my eyes, I am being pulled deep underwater, my leg in the clenches of an alligator’s tightly gripped mouth.  I am screaming, wailing, crying for help, clueless of what is going on.  I am waiting to be saved by my Mommy and Daddy, waiting to see their faces and feel their warm embrace.  … [Read more…]

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