The Knock At The Door

I’m a quiet person. I mainly keep to myself. I have social anxiety and some depression and so I stay home a lot. I’m not sad all the time and I feel comfortable at home. I just don’t feel the need or motivation to do much socially. Anyway, I’m a smoker so I go out on...

The Loss Of My Brother

When I was in 8th grade, on February 2, 2009 my brother committed suicide. He was 16 years old and a junior in high school. It is important that people are aware of warning signs but, sometimes they are not there. That was the case with my brother and I’m sure for...

A Friend Got Me Through

10 years ago I found out my husband of 20 years was having an affair with a co-worker, and our marriage was over. Words can’t describe the pain, anger, confusion and sadness I felt. I had been married to him my entire adult life. I didn’t know who I was without being...

The Teacher

Teenaged years can be difficult. Your life, in these years strongly revolves around peer groups and being accepted. It isn’t easy. Compounding problems at home can make this worse by not having a place, a sanctuary, to reprieve too. No breaks at home, no breaks at...

Carbon Dioxide

Depression is like carbon dioxide. You can’t see it, you can’t touch it, but too much of it can zap the life out of you. I’m just coming out of a 4 year “funk” as I like to call it thanks to the help of a very dear new friend. Some of my symptoms were loss of...

The Community

When I was 11 years old my father took his own life. He overdosed on his depression medication and alcohol, he was just 34 years old. I remember the day and the event vividly as if it were just last week, it’s been almost 41 years now. My younger sister was 8 and my...