I made a joke today to my therapist that my body and I aren’t getting along and we need couples therapy. It’s true that I feel separate from my body–that I don’t understand it,… more →
Persephone Ascendswrote 4 months ago: Elif Shafak is a Turkish writer whose book, Black Milk, explores her travail during a debilitating p … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I made a joke today to my therapist that my body and I aren’t getting along and we need couple … more →
wrote 8 months ago: My therapist suggested that I think of a neutral place where both I and the younger me’s (who … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I have an inside, safe place. When I first discovered it, last November, it was walled up, dark, and … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I am following my own advice, letting myself rest in bed as much as I need. I don’t feel down, … more →
wrote 10 months ago: This morning I could not string together the words to tell my husband that I needed my prescriptions … more →
wrote 10 months ago: I found a great picture of a migraine aura. It was such an accurate picture that it started to give … more →
wrote 11 months ago: I have been going to a free, outdoor yoga class for the past three weeks. No one at the class knows … more →
wrote 11 months ago: I am very quiet today, yet I feel things are happening inside. I did what needed to be done–wo … more →
wrote 11 months ago: I feel like I have lost Persephone and my authentic voice. My early posts have a depth and truthfuln … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I am very good at being the responsible, dependable one who makes sure that everything that needs to … more →
wrote 1 year ago: How can one be functional and still be in touch with all parts of oneself? Today I had a “good … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I felt like an improved version of my regular self today. Except that feeling sane made me feel craz … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Woke up this morning still in a dull, flat mood. Made myself get up, eat breakfast, clean the house, … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Do the laundry, scoop up the dog poop, clean out the fridge, exercise. I needed to start functioning … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Today I am Persephone. I am living in both the world of the living, and the underworld, where the un … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Last night as I was falling asleep I couldn’t stop thinking about and visualizing the white br … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Today I spoke with the mental health nurse from the medial clinic. She called to start the referral … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It’s been over two weeks that I’ve done little else but sleep, lying on the bed or the s … more →