Tag Archives: depression

Healing – Day 5: Down With Depression

Posted on January 8, 2015 by armsakimbobook

When did you first “come down” with depression? Was it like the time you came down with the flu, or a cold? Does it happen as often as coming down with a cold? More often than the flu? Or do … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Healing | Tagged chemical imbalance, child's view of time, depression, Down with depression, Effexor XR, EMDR, F*ck the Flashbacks, it will pass, lay down and die, my brain has issues, suicidal ideation, tapping, therapy, weaning from meds | Leave a comment

Grief – Two Months In

Posted on January 26, 2012 by armsakimbobook

Grief is an odd emotion. It enters your being before you realize it, when you least expect it. You think you’re coping well – on the mend, even – and it hits you in the gut. A sucker punch. Doubles you over … Continue reading →

Posted in Grieving | Tagged death of a parent, death of mother, depression, family, grief, grieving, haiku, mother, motherless, poetry | 2 Comments

9/11…The Five Stages of Grief

Posted on September 9, 2011 by armsakimbobook

September 11, 2001 September 11th 9/11 Synonymous with grief, pain the end of an age of innocence invincibility invulnerability. Terrorism evoking terror as it was intended to do. Ten years later, we still grieve. Still, we grieve. Thus it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, acceptance, anger, bargaining, birthday, children, denial, depression, family, feelings, Five Stages of Grief, ghosts, grieving, hate, healing, love, past and present, poetry, rage, re-living trauma, triggering, triggers, uber-patriots | Leave a comment

Hey Muse! Where Are You?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by armsakimbobook

Writing, expressing, speaking out, are my salvation. My way home. Sometimes, though, the muse takes a break. She must need it, with all that I demand–no…beg–of her. I find myself without words, without ideas, without my lifeblood. What to do? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged child, depression, facing the abyss, hope, inspiration, joy, Muse, time, tired of depression, writer's block, writing, writing prompt | Leave a comment

Hope Is Not a Four Letter Word

Posted on March 16, 2011 by armsakimbobook

As you may be able to tell by now, I’m not always in despair; not a permanent resident of the dark side. Being able to move from darkness to light is what gives me hope, and keeps me going even … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged darkness, darkness to light, depression, despair, God, God's breath, hope, light, poetry, praying, Shabbat | 1 Comment

Where is God?

Posted on March 11, 2011 by armsakimbobook

I am without God today. Devastatingly without God. Without hope. I stress today, because I know it will not be forever. It just feels like it. Just. Hah…just. What a silly minimization. Unjust, more like. The feeling overwhelms, threatens to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged body, body issues, depression, feelings, finding God, God, healing, hope, hopelessness, incest survivor, No Body, overwhelm, survivor | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: depression

Healing – Day 5: Down With Depression

Grief – Two Months In

9/11…The Five Stages of Grief

Hey Muse! Where Are You?

Hope Is Not a Four Letter Word

Where is God?

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