“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.”
Category Archives: A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Black Silence
I can’t say that it wouldn’t happen to him I can’t say that it shouldn’t have happened to him I can’t say that I raised him better I can’t say that he was defending himself I can’t say that he was just reaching for his wallet I can’t say that he’s a good husband or …
One Step at a Time
Today I decided to take a walk with my family. I spent all last night working myself up to it. It’s not that I don’t like exercise. I actually love the way it makes me feel emotionally. But it’s physically painful…more on that later. I put on my walking clothes, laced up my shoes, did …
The ADHD Mess Up
Editor’s note: I would like to thank my son for letting me share his story and my husband for helping me put the words together a little better. This isn’t just my story to tell – it’s all of ours. My son has ADHD. We’ve known since he was about three but our thought has …
The Story We Write in Our Heads
Have you ever gotten into an argument with someone, and you spend a ton of time going back and forth because they won’t (or don’t) see things your way? If so, you wouldn’t be the first person or the last. Oftentimes I’ve found myself needing to get the last word in. I could say it’s …