Tag: mental health

The Other Me

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 26, 2022 2 Comments
It's poetry time! Hello, and I hope you are doing great! I'm sitting here with my cats and my loyal dog, Annie, reading poetry from other authors. She follows me around the house wherever I go, and she's the sweetest and such a goofy girl. Today I wrote a poem about the other me that forms when I need to face the world. Since I experience dissociation, I have a disconnect that kicks in by...

Inspirational Quotes For Everyday Life, Mixed With Poetry

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 23, 2022 0 Comments
  ~Inspirational Quotes For Everyday Life, Mixed With Poetry~     I don't know about you, but for me, I enjoy reading inspirational quotes and poetry to help brighten my spirit. When you combine inspirational quotes with poetry, it becomes like that cake you wanted to eat but didn't; instead, you crave it. I crave poetry and other writings, and I  call my poetry "My Writings"...

I Need to Let You Go

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 22, 2022 0 Comments
Hello, and I hope you are well! Today, for some reason, I woke up thinking about an old friend who ditched me. She left me during one of the most challenging times in my life. I begged for her to remain friends, but she ignored me. One day, I thought she had decided to reach out to me, and I got so excited. It was in an email- all she said was, "Hi", so I wrote back and told her how happy I was...

Getting Rid of Toxic People and Gaining Peace in the Process

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 18, 2022 0 Comments
Getting Rid of Toxic People and Gaining Peace in the Process ~ peace is a process; therein lies the journey~ Photo by Rodolfo Sanches Carvalho on Unsplash   Time to clean house It's time to get rid of toxic people! It’s a tricky subject, but getting rid of toxic people seems to be in style because people are catching on. The world has become a broken place, and I have...

Dealing With Dissociation and Derealization

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 18, 2022 0 Comments
Photo by Estée Janssens on Unsplash   Greetings!   Hello, to you, and I hope you're doing well! I am sitting in complete shock right now and a little embarrassed. Since I am not yet the greatest at navigating my entire website, I tend to overlook things. I also took such a long break that I haven't gotten caught up. The shocking thing to me is that I have a bunch of comments. In my...

Breaking the Cycle

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 13, 2022 0 Comments
  Breaking the Cycle ~finally choosing life again~ Photo by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash It can get frustrating to read the lists of accomplishments others have made while I stayed stuck in this mental cage, barely able to go outdoors unless I have my “safe” person beside me. Even then, everything outside feels foreign. I can’t look into anyone’s eyes, so I stare at their...

I’m More than Just a Walking Mental Illness

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink June 12, 2022 0 Comments
I did not recently write this. I found it in my drafts and thought I would post it to remember how far I've come.  Even though I thought I was in a good place when I wrote this, I am in a much better place now. Onward and upward, being gentle with myself about the losses.    I’m More than Just a Walking Mental Illness I’m a human being, just like you, and have feelings too....

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...

Remain Sane

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink October 4, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash it sounds great in theoryit plays out well in my mindit smells sweet when imaginedyet all is not wellthings need to be thought throughone must be warnedto stay away and runrun away for dear lifefor once that apple is consumedand once that letter hasbeen openedthe hook has been insertedthe energy has been penetratedlearn from lessons of the pastand remain...

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...