If there is one single group of people that has tended to stomp on my sense of self-worth and my belief in God, it has been members of the organized religious community. For the most part, atheists and agnostics and members of small religious communities are perfectly okay to nod agreeably. As long as I’m […]
*Trigger Warning* This post has SUI references. . . . . . . When I was 14, I voluntarily committed myself to a mental hospital. This isn’t something I put at the top of my resume. If it ever comes up, I often find myself glancing around to make sure no one is listening. Looking […]
True confession: I don’t see dead people, and I don’t hear audible voices, but I do “hear voices” in the sense of thoughts that are not mine, that suddenly appear like a dream in my mind. A lot of people will say that I am crazy and nuts. There are drugs and treatments for people […]
Like many people, I’m still adjusting to the reality that I’ve been stuck in my house for the past couple of months and … rituals have been hard to keep. This past week, I finally accepted that my “real/regular job” isn’t coming back any time in the foreseeable future. I started to do what I […]
Anne Higa 