July 07, 2006

I am a ball of anxious energy.

I throw up most food that I stuff down my throat. What I do keep down makes me nauseated.

I keep trying to relax, but I just can't. I take deep breaths and the nervousness seeps back in when I exhale. That is a terrible feeling.

My dreams are worse than ever. In them he's angry, and doesn't remember who I am. I have these dreams because I haven't been able to grieve yet.

This year I’m going to see someone about my dreams. I will see someone spiritual, not a psychiatrist. Dreams are special and important. People have forgotten that.

I feel unable to write anything. That's when I know things are bad. Not the other way around. I don't have brilliant ideas from sickness. I have sick ideas from sickness. I always forget that people love to read sick material. Why is that?

It's the same idea as gossip. People love to observe other people's misfortune. I think that's sick.

I personally like it when good things happen to people I love. I want good things for myself, and for them. I'm secretly a fan of wholesomeness and happiness. I have my own idea of what each means, I'm a fan of my personal meanings.

I hear little voices behind me, around me. It’s because I live in an apartment building and the fish tanks make enough white noise to mask most sound, but it tends to make me feel crazy all the same.

I'm tired of feeling like I need to justify myself to other people. I need a break from all the drama. I want to get out of here alone. But there are things to do. Always responsibilities. Always.

1 Comments:

Blogger Angele Myska said...

Hi, stumbled upon your blog when I was googling for "wrist banger"...I was watching Girl Interrupted for a paper I have to do (already a day late of course)...I really appreciate what you said a few years about the cutting and wrist banging, it really helped me understand from a personal viewpoint. I am just starting a master's in counseling at a Christian seminary and to make a long story short, my own bout of depression/anxiety/suicidal thoughts this past year kind of opened up my heart to fellow sufferers...what you said about people reading sick stuff being like gossip is very interesting...because most of my friends are Christian, they totally shy away from discussions of mental illness (unless they have a personal connection) because they can't reconcile it...how could someone who believes in Christ be depressed?

Anyway, I'm not here to preach at you...I just wanted to say I'm one of the people you read your stuff not because of some voyeuristic thing but because I can sorta feel your pain...I was never a cutter but we all do something destructive with our pain...for me it was boys.

If you're looking for someone spiritual, don't discount Christian counselors...do a search in your area for someone who does theophostic prayer ministry...if you're open-minded and willing to put God into the equation that is...if there is evil inside us, God may be the ultimate antitode. Maybe we'll always be "stuck" with our mental illness but sometimes God can show us how to use it for good...maybe in your thirties, like me:) I just turned 30 this year and it's been a lot of growing and channeling the pain into something useful.

Anyway, check out the theophostic prayer, be adventurous.

Your sister in pain,

7:57 pm  

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