Tag: Depression

Moving beyond depression

Essential Oils to the Rescue!

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink February 5, 2021 2 Comments
  Photo by HempCrew on Unsplash     It started yesterday as a sluggish feeling, but today it feels more like full-blown exhaustion. It's so strange how things go in cycles. I wish I could crawl inside of my brain and see what makes the cycles go into the next, and twist them around into how I want them to be.     Photo by Josh Riemer on Unsplash     Just as I...

Set Free

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink September 22, 2020 0 Comments
~a poem~ Photo by Aditya Saxena on Unsplash he told her to leaveshe stormed outwithout a thing to her name she didn’t even have timeto put on her shoes fear followed heryet she kept moving onknowing that if she went backthe abuse would startall over again as she sat upon the groundand pondered her next moveshe felt a sense of relieffor she finally was freefrom the neverending cycle of...

She Sits Alone

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink August 12, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Cristian Lozan on Unsplash   as people walked silently by they ignored her presence   they ignored the intense pain she seemed to feel   they had no guilt in her oppression they had no thought to ease her sorrows   she sat alone throughout the years   she spoke so softly no one to listen   she wondered if another day would ever feel right again  ...

The Storm

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink July 30, 2020 0 Comments
  Photo by Cristian Lozan on Unsplash   a rainstorm came suddenly I allowed it to wash away my sadness inside the puddle beside me I threw away all of my desires emptying myself of everything that mattered gave me a sense of peace a chance to fill myself with new possibilities within this nothingness I found freedom a clean slate with no shame       Until next time, stay...
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Yesterday Mixed in with Today

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink July 17, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Slava on Unsplash   Yesterday Mixed in with Today     I felt like Superwoman yesterday   conquering one task after another with little rest and with no end in sight   after crashing down with barely any strength left I had to face the fact that any superhero within me had vanished   as I collapsed into my bed I couldn't see myself ever getting up again...

Too Late

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 15, 2020 0 Comments
    Too Late   The wind blows suddenly, and once again, change moves time, the Earth feels shaky, as I grasp onto anything within reach.   My heart cries out in silence, while people whisper and stare, wondering what could have happened, and how to clean up the mess I’ve made.   If only someone would have warned me, the suffering I had in store, I would have acted on...

No Control

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 10, 2020 0 Comments
    ~A poem about not having control over the uncontrollable~       No Control   I told the night to leave me, and asked the day to perish as well,  yet seasons and times never listen.   Time still moves no matter how much I plead.   So many days, I begged for tomorrow not to greet me, and begged again for winter not to arrive, even tried to will the...

The Future

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 4, 2020 0 Comments
Happy Thursday!   Hello, hello, hello, and happy Thursday! I hope that you are having a great week!   Things are about to drastically change around my house with our schedules and the way we do our daily lives, so this has been giving me a bit of anxiety, but I am hoping for the best.   After dealing with depression and anxiety for so many years it's hard to get out of the...