Hello Humans!
I haven't been feeling myself lately. The reason I share this today is that you only ever really hear from me when I am feeling positive, motivated, and/or in a good mood. When I am feeling down on myself, or just having a "bad day", I generally stay away from people. You are people, my people, you are the people that I reach out to or hide from. Depending on how I am feeling that day or days that run concurrently to other bad days, determines if I write or just keep in touch with others so that they may have someone "out in the world" that cares. This is actually therapy for me, writing about my story and reading about others' stories.
I have been an author since I was 9, and writing poetry was my escape. By putting the words on paper, it somehow makes me feel like I have released some stress. It had kept my mind busy enough to get through the situation I was dealing with at such a young age. So, also at a young age, I realized I wanted to become an author. However, I didn't publish anything publicly until 2003. Which was a poem that is published in a coffee table book entitled, "Musings Of The Soul". I am very proud of that, I did give up any monetary allowances, just to get my work out there and to see if others wanted more.
I sometimes doubt myself and my ability to conquer my dream of becoming a published author. I have been given enough praise from my followers to keep going. Even with the ups and downs of working on my mental health, I still somehow keep chugging along. AKA-A work in progress.
I turned off comments on most of my blog posts because I can't handle the negativity that always seems to make its way to the most positive of things. So, if you are wondering, that is why. The downfall to that is the guidance of knowing what people want to read from me and the mediocre stuff that you all would rather I didn't write.
I keep up better with my Facebook page: Stop Suicide One Stigma At A Time
Like & Follow Only if you really do find some good in it. Thank you in advance.
Peace & Positive Vibes