Back from my nine-day vacation. I stayed at the Whitehall hotel for a week. It was lovely. :-) I stayed another night due to that damn blizzard. I went to the movies to see Black Swan, which was good, dined out at a few restaurants, went to a spa, and just simply enjoyed myself. I plan to take another vacation in six months or so. Also, I ( Read more... )

( Cut due to profane language and the abuse of the exclamation point... )

First, I'd like to say happy holidays to everyone! :-)

Sometime in January I plan to start EMDR therapy. Right now me and my therapist are preparing for it. I told her that I'm afraid of experiencing panic attacks, dissociations, and other symptoms during treatment, so we're making sure that I feel safe before we start retrieving scary memories ( Read more... )

I've been going to therapy one to two times a week, and strangely it isn't difficult at all. I've only been seeing Dr. Young since October, but I feel that I've made a lot of progress. Well, at least I've been telling her about some of my touchy traumatic memories ( Read more... )

( Mental health, new job position, starting therapy again, and NanoWriMo updates... )

Well, I've been employed for almost 3 months, I attend therapy, and I currently don't feel depressed, self-mutilative, or suicidal...Yay ( Read more... )

I have been to the psychiatric hospital twice already. I have been taking Lexapro for about two months. Therapy doesn't seem to be helping. I have no place to go this summer but home which is hell for me. Shit, is suicide the only ultimate option that I have here?! I'm actually trying to live, but it is hard! It seems like everything I do in ( Read more... )

This mental disorder is really taking over, and I am weak and don't want to fight it anymore. I should talk to someone, but I don't feel like it. I have so much to do, but I forget about them and it is no one's fault but mine. My therapist told me that none of this is my fault, but I am not entirely convinced of it. Sometimes I wonder why the ( Read more... )