Tag Archives: mental health

Digging Up Dark Roots, Part One: “Trigger Year”

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Katya Nina

Currently I am seeing my therapist three times a week. Three times is a lot. I explained to her that I feel a substantial amount of shame over seeing a mental health professional this frequently. “It is like my seeing … Continue reading →

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(something nudged me back to you)

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Katya Nina

  Dear WordPress, I have missed you. I took a long time away from you, and figured that I would just keep journaling and call it quits on the whole blog endeavor. But increasingly over the last few months, I … Continue reading →

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It’s Hard, Friends

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Katya Nina

Woke up at 1:15pm today in the basement of a friend’s house. Got up, showered, ate cereal, sketched and read, and somehow three and a half hours passed until I was back in bed for a nap. Took said nap … Continue reading →

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Stuck In My Head: Chapter #5,080

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Katya Nina

I am sitting here, in a friend’s home, writing and trying to breathe easy. Life has not been easy, but maybe I will get cut a little slack when it comes to my breath. So as I breathe, I look … Continue reading →

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Peace, For Ourselves

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Katya Nina

  It’s been a fight, but what’s new? I have exhausted some weapons and gathered some more, always adjusting to the battle against depression and anxiety. Today in particular I will say I am pretty pleased with my chosen weapons: … Continue reading →

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Paint And Macaroons (For When The Going Gets Rough)

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Katya Nina

Yesterday I wrote and explained, while quite frazzled, how my depression and anxiety were spiking so much that I could hardly focus on properly constructing sentences. Somehow, though, I managed to properly construct enough sentences to get my message across … Continue reading →

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Sand and Haze

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Katya Nina

Sitting here in Starbucks, I am really wanting to work on one of the more intellectuals essays I have drafted recently. But unfortunately, I just do not have the brain juice to do that right now. I continue to move … Continue reading →

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Poetry And Madness: A Complex Relationship

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Katya Nina

Perhaps I am going Insane. . The longer I course Inspiration’s strong current, The deeper into my own head, With neither map nor light, I fall. . Down! Down! “How about we head this way?” My self suggests, And the … Continue reading →

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Letter To Myself On A Bad Day

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Katya Nina

Dear Tanya, I hear your crying and I feel your anger. I see the strength that you run with and I see the moments when your hope falters. I see it all and I feel it all with you. Know … Continue reading →

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Comeback Kid

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Katya Nina

I am a comeback kid. Throw depression at me, throw anxiety, throw bullying, trauma, emotional abuse, physical illness, throw it all at me and watch me come back again and again, stronger each time. Take away my security in the … Continue reading →

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