“No, I give up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?”“I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter. -Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland In the quiet of the night. In the stillness of the morning. Through the daylight hours. Sometimes I hear them. Murmurs from the other side. I have journeyed. Ventured for many miles. Explored pathways in my mind. The paths that get a little crazy. … Continue reading Murmurs From the Other Side

“The pills sit in there in their colours and shapes ready to push me, in plastic-coated increments, into my future.” -Anna Funder, All That I Am “It will take some time, but these will make you feel better.” A statement I will never forget. I was a suffering 17 year old, in an office at a Saskatoon walk-in clinic. I believed the Doctor when he … Continue reading Roller Coaster to Relief

“Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” -Edgar Allen Poe Being new to this whole blogging thing, I thought I’d start out with something light. The struggles of mental illness come with valuable lessons. I will share some of them here. Patience: You don’t know patience until you’ve waited hour upon hour at your local emergency room while in a mental health crisis. … Continue reading Three Things my Mental Illness has Taught me

I have decided to start writing a blog. Here I will share experiences, opinions, and ideas, mostly related to mental health in one way or another. Putting my thoughts out in the open like this is intimidating, but I probably will come to enjoy it in time. I feel that putting myself out there will help others understand myself, as well as the mental illness … Continue reading First of Many?