“Our need to be seen and heard at all times by as many people as possible has driven us to put all our thoughts in a public space. As the content gets created and the adulation increases, our dopamine levels rise and we continue to influence and be influenced by the one thing we all want at some point – validation.”
Author Archives: Corliss B
A Day in the Life Of
My first alarm goes off. It catches me off guard because I just looked at my watch a couple hours ago. I hit snooze and doze back off, knowing my body isn’t ready. My second alarm goes off. This time I turn it off and brace myself. I know it’s going to hurt but I …
That Time I Ran for School Board
I can’t remember the final push, but I think it was not getting a full-time job I applied for. I’d decided that if I got the job, I wouldn’t have time to be on the school board. When I didn’t get it, I decided to take the plunge. It’s something that several people over the …
The Weight We Carry
I’m back in therapy. My rheumatologist suggested I see their in house therapist because one of the pillars of health is mental wellness. I was skeptical. I’ve been to a lot of therapy Usually I word vomit all my angst and feel better. This time has been different though. This therapist has been talking about …
Album of the Year
This summer, Beyoncé released her album, Renaissance. I initially ignored its release because I wasn’t feeling the first single, ‘Break My Soul’. When the full album dropped, I headed to Twitter to see what folks had to say and there was a lot of chatter about ‘Church Girl’. After listening to the track multiple times …
The Rundown
I used to think that my brain was broken; that my inability at times to handle daily stress was something to be fixed.
In The Spirit of Anxiety
Hi there. When I started this blog, it was to talk about my journey with mental illness. If you’ve read it over the years, you know that I have covered a variety of topics. Today, I’m taking it back to the core of why I started it – my brain. The past two years of …
The Weaponization of Patriotism
On Saturday, we marked the 20th anniversary of the worst act of foreign terrorism in the US. (I think it’s important to make the distinction here between foreign and domestic terrorism because both have occurred – the reign of the KKK, the Oklahoma City bombing, The Trail of Tears, the endless lynchings of people of …
It’s Not MY Problem
Today while having a conversation with the nurse at my psychiatrist’s office, she commented that she didn’t want to be a part of a particular mom’s group because “she didn’t want to keep hearing about systemic racism because that wasn’t her experience” in the DFW suburb we were talking about. I swallowed several times and …
A Pause
It’s been about 3 weeks since I deactivated my Facebook account. I knew I wouldn’t delete it permanently- I love social media and the chance to watch and connect with people I don’t get to see often. However, for my own sanity, I had to take a break. I can’t say the exact moment that …