Category: Depression

  • Hey, I know this hurts.You’re carrying the weight of love, loss, confusion, and betrayal all at once. It’s okay that it still tugs at you. It’s okay that part of you wants to believe that if you just say the…

    Message to Myself
  • Today, I got the keys to my new place. You’d think I’d feel some relief — some joy, even. But mostly, I just feel grief. Four years gone in a matter of weeks. For what? What was it all about?…

    The End of the Fight
  • I’ve come to a stark realisation. I’ve been fighting so hard for the person I love. But the person I’m fighting? It’s the wrong person. The person I’m fighting now is a shadow — a ghost of the woman I…

    I’m Fighting the Wrong Person
  • A Personal Reflection on Resilience and Self-Compassion For as long as I can remember, my life has been a series of peaks and valleys—an ever-changing landscape shaped by my mental health. While there have been moments lit with hope and…

    Weathering the Storm: Navigating the Ebbs and Flows of Mental Health
  •   I don’t know what I’m waiting for, is there anything they can do? Tormented by my thoughts, and all because of … I don’t want to keep going over it, but my brain can’t seem to stop Thoughts of…

    Less than human.
  • A personal reflection on betrayal, emotional absence, and the quiet cruelty of realising someone beside you is no longer truly with you.

    Right Beside Me: The Betrayal She Didn’t Even Hide
  • You’ve never met me.You’ve never met her, either — not in the flesh.But you still thought it was okay to whisper behind my back, to feed the fantasy, to slip yourself between us. You knew she was married. You knew…

    You Chose Fantasy Over Reality
  • It’s almost laughable how predictable this all is. Now that the truth has come out — that she was emotionally involved with someone else while we were still together — she’s started trying to rewrite the story. Telling friends and…

    The Story She’s Selling Doesn’t Add Up — And Never Will
  • Earlier today, my wife gave me something I needed so badly: her time — and the truth. We talked. She explained everything. She acknowledged what she did was wrong and offered a genuine apology. And in that space, I also…

    Closure Matters – Even When It Hurts
  • I’m shouting because you hurt me in the worst way possible. I’m shouting because in some fucked up way, despite everything. I still love you. I’m shouting because I want to hate you. I’m shouting because I’m angry. I’m shouting…

    Why am I shouting?
  • This is an unscheduled post, so posts after it will be a bit older than when this happened. Only by a day or so, but I wanted to share this one as it’s kind of huge. There’s something uniquely cruel…

    She Lied Even When the Truth Was Right in Front of Her
  • There’s a strange kind of relief in hearing something you didn’t want to hear. Not because it feels good — it doesn’t — but because it puts an end to the wondering. The waiting. The slow, daily erosion of “what…

    When the Answer Hurts, but Heals: Finding Closure in Hard Truths
  • I opened myself up again.Despite the trauma.Despite the last time nearly breaking me.Despite every instinct telling me to shut it all down and go numb.I stayed. I felt it. I fought. But I think I’ve just been swinging at shadows.

    Fighting for Something That Was Already Gone