I’ve dealt with with depression since I was in fifth grade as I got older it got stronger. But dealing with it everyday for weeks and weeks is no fun. It’s like when depression just sticks with you and you don’t want to do anything. No coping skills but just sleeping a lot or sometimes have a hard time sleeping … Read More

When your quite and you act like everything is ok but it’s really not. When you’re cutting but you keep in silence and afraid to speak up. When things goes tough and it’s hard to use those coping skills you just wanna be done and give up but when you really are just crying out for help. When thoughts are … Read More

I don’t have a job. I don’t live away from my grandparents. I dont’ drive. I depend on my grandmother for transportation. I don’t have any skills or talents. I get stressed out by so many things that others find so easy. I get stressed out by getting glasses adjusted over and over and having trouble with that. What other … Read More

I have negative 11 vision. My lenses are thick and heavy.My glasses always heart no matter what the optomotrist does. I wish I had normal vision.I’d settle for even -4 vision. I’d give so much to have eyes that weren’t defective and broken.

It really just dawned on me how many of us may need to adjust our self-care for the seasons. My main form of self-care is being out in nature. Running hiking, camping, rafting, open air art festivals; basically, all my fav self-care activities and hobbies are outdoors, and I HATE the cold. I will probably layer up and still get … Read More

Does anyone else cry themselves to sleep or cry until they can feel the blood pulsing through your head? Does anyone try to stop crying only to realize that the pain is both inside and out until your body feels like jello? When people ask you if you’re okay you just smile and nod when in reality your head is … Read More

Spooky season as some call it, can be pretty big for some people. I was just wondering if any of you have any plans or have done anything fun to celebrate the season? When I was young, many years ago, I used to love going to my grandparents’ house out in the woods to have bonfire and roast hotdogs. I … Read More

Hi FKB Family, I was wondering if any of you are also not big fans of the colder seasons? I know some love this weather (kudos to them really) but it’s just not for me and it’s more than just a little annoyance. It gets hard to feel motivated to much at all at times, and I know I tend … Read More

I’m currently working as a contractor for a company that is about to get taken over by another company, which means that my contract will be ending prematurely (probably 10/31).  That means that in about 6 weeks I’ll be unemployed, living with my mom, never married, never having become a father, not self-sustaining… all at age 50!  All it takes … Read More

What is one coping strategy or mechanism that you have found most useful and productive in the face of intrusive thoughts, or just in your everyday life? Sharing how we best cope individually could spark something in others that are looking for support and feel they have tried everything.  Personally, when all else fails, the one thing that always helps … Read More