by skimhenson | Jul 22, 2021 | Dead for a Decade, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“There is no solution to our emotions except to feel them, even the hard ones, especially the hard ones.” I figured out one more thing – the most difficult and the most healing – while walking through a decade of deadness. I had to get out of my crazy head and deal...
by skimhenson | Jul 15, 2021 | Dead for a Decade, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.” Franz Liszt Anytime someone commits suicide, people ask, “What was so wrong that they’d kill themselves?” A family member asked the same thing when he found out I...
by skimhenson | Jul 13, 2021 | Dead for a Decade, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“If you spend your life denying you have a problem, you’ll end up denying yourself a life.” Unknown Before my mom’s brother moved in with us, she had him institutionalized several times for depression, suicide threats, and bizarre behavior like running around naked in...
by skimhenson | Jul 12, 2021 | Dead for a Decade, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change, and deny our emotions … ” Debbie Ford Until a friend private messaged that she’d been reading my blog for months, I had no idea how long I’d struggled...