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Crisis Counseling Workshop
I only went to one workshop at the 2013 Simply Youth Ministry Conference. This workshop seemed to be the most fitting for my graduate work and also my current social work practicum site. The workshop...
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An Emergency Room Visit Wouldn’t Have Been Enough
This is post that is written two weeks further down the road than when it occurred. There was a necessity to wait and see how the journey unfolds. It also just gave me a chance to regather what had...
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To Be Sung Over
Everything was a slower process in attempting to go to Wilmore, Kentucky. I dreaded every movement trying to decrease the amount of time that I would actually be in that living room. I took a longer...
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Easter means to be Redefined
It is an interesting notion to think that so often we let others and even ourselves define us. Each of us has an image to portray, whether this is at work, at school, at home or at church. We let...
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A Year After A Gay Confession
Tomorrow will mark a year since the Relevant magazine article Confessions of a Gay Christian was released. I never imagined the amount of responses I would get from that simple article. I have had...
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Finding Mental Equalibrium
A person can function in a complete chaotic world if it is their normalcy. A family can be full of dysfunctional relationships and be harmful for each individual, but moving into a healthy...
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Hand Washing
June 2013 marks another year of life for me. For those of you who have not been reading this blog for long or maybe we have just became friends. June 2013 marks four years since I overdosed in...
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Darkness on the Horizon
It was June four years ago. I cannot recall all the memories or the thoughts that went through my head over that month, but there are some things that I could never forget. A minor surgery turned...
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A Spoiled Plan
I do not remember a lot from my last year in college. I returned to finish my senior year (fourth year to Canadians) only a mere two months about the drug overdose in Costa Rica. I stayed with Ben...
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The Last Close Call
The last planned suicide attempt was not last summer like many would have expected. I may have been going crazy from what the world could see. Pale, sweaty, exhausted, restless. I did not want to...
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I Should Be Depressed
The rain has poured and poured in the Bluegrass. The clouds have laid heavy sitting low to the rough tops of the two or three “skyscrapers” in downtown Lexington. The water rushes down the street or...
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Sidewalk Racism
I do not remember the first time I was scared of a colored human being. My mom told me that in first grade I liked an African American female in first grade. It was so simple in my young mind. My...
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Medication Was Necessary
This blog is scattered with continuous postings of battling through a number of mental health issues. It could have been bipolar, major depressive episodes, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder,...
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Redemption Weekend
This past weekend was met with a lot of anxiety. Yes, excitement was there. A weekend away was needed to my mind from lack of an apartment and working two jobs. Yet, my anxiety was heightened...
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Dating is NOT the Solution
Have you ever given or received advice to try something out just to prove you or another person may or may not like it? Consider telling someone to snort up a line of crack. If they just tried it,...
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Unequal Opportunities
America is the land of lacking opportunities, especially in regards to our children and youth. There are transformational stories in which children become a huge successes. But, there are still too...
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Dichotomy of Self-Care & Singleness
This week I have been sitting in a university’s basement classroom taking an intensive certification workshop for my profession. It is interesting to note that every workshop I have been in or meeting...
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Misnamed as Monsters
There are so many misconceptions within the mental health profession. Quickly, students at a younger and younger age solidify a diagnosis into the core of their being. A slightly moody teenager...
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When Flashbacks Reappear
There are days when it becomes very difficult to listen to another person’s story, especially when I am trying to actively listen and engage for four to five hours a day. As a therapist, preparation...
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Rekindling Life
2013 marked the second year in asking God, “What should I expect? What are you going to do?“ The question should be more formed as “How are you going to shake me and wake me up again?” Dangerous...
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