Fundraising for Mental Health Organizations NAMI & AFSP
After seven years of struggling with symptoms—including psychotic depression where I had intense anhedonia & was hearing voices—I was...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 19, 2015
Night Terrors
Night Terrors I awaken in the middle of the night. Soaked in sweat & momentarily confused of my reality, I bolt upright & stare into the...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 15, 2015
Medication
Medication I’m finally beginning proper medication, rather than self-medicating, as I’ve done for seven years. I began taking Lamotrigine...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 9, 2015
Importance of Support
Importance of Support Certainly, I must overcome my own demons; how are others to overcome a dark force within someone else that they...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 7, 2015
Goals & Resolutions for 2015
Goals & Resolutions for 2015 It’s said that every positive change in your life begins with a clear, unequivocal decision to either start...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 7, 2015
Lie of a Smile (poem)
Lie of a Smile (age 15) The indent in plastered face is like a blob on painted canvas, like perfection stained forever as the misery...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 4, 2015
High of Cocaine
Back Floating Through Life Nothing exists beyond this moment. I am infinite. I slightly bounce & wobble as I remain between the pool’s...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 2, 2015
About Self-Medicating
About Self-Medicating Self-medicating is when an individual is able to turn to alcohol or drugs to achieve temporary relief from their...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 2, 2015
First Sip of Alcohol
Vanilla Milk (age 14) My mom driving me crazy as she drives us home, I fondle the small glass jar in my hands, given to me by my friend...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 2, 2015
About Auditory Hallucinations
About Auditory Hallucinations Disconnecting from reality can happen in many ways, one of them being auditory hallucinations, which are...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 1, 2015
Derealization
My Unrecognizable Life I look around my bedroom. Beautiful tapestries drape from the walls, including a pink tie-dye one radiant,...
Kristin Windsor
Jan 1, 2015
Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder
Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by intense...
Kristin Windsor
Dec 29, 2014
Flashbacks
Flashbacks Recollecting memories is one thing. Reliving those memories so vividly that I cut ties with reality is a whole other dimension...
Kristin Windsor
Dec 21, 2014
the Captive, part 3
Incredible Slam Poetry Regarding Rape "I am tired of hearing rape poems, the same way soldiers are tired of hearing their own guns go...
Kristin Windsor
Dec 21, 2014
Self-Harm, part 2
Lullaby of the Steak Knife This is the most beautiful & accurate description of self-harming I've ever heard. Please take the time to...
Kristin Windsor
Dec 19, 2014