school – Documenting my journey through the mental health system

April 12, 2025

My Mind on My Time Off

Today I get my new living room light fixture installed. My coworker has a lot of experience with stuff like this so he’s doing it for me. Ceila invited me to her bonfire/barbecue tonight. The weather is unusually warm for the pacific northwest. As I type that, the weather just took a turn toward rain

Psychiatric Detainment, 2014, Part 9

In the summer of 2014, I was 28, nearly 29. I had lost everything – my grad school program and friends therein, my self-respect, my hope for any kind of future. I nearly lost tangible things like my job and apartment as I quit my meds and descended deeper into a manic depression. The social

I Scare Myself

I am a 70% service connected veteran. I served after high school, during the OIF/OEF campaigns. I earned a grenade launch pin as well as service medals and one promotion. I was raped and reported it but my report went nowhere. In those days, rape was rampant in the army. My father died on my