I was a high-achieving child and youth. I never knowingly suffered from mental illness. But when my fourth baby was eleven months old, after months of undiagnosed postpartum anxiety and depression, I had my first psychotic episode. In a high state of anxiety, I stayed up all night, thought I saw a demon, and became convinced my […]
Dark Before Dawn: Part 2 (Sarah’s Story)
Trigger warning: The following narrative of postpartum depression and psychosis may trigger anxiety for some. If you are new, Part 1 can be found here (me) and here (Mike). Now, let’s see. Where were we? Oh, yeah… Five Months Prior It was the week of Thanksgiving, November 2014, and things were getting weird. Over the past few days, […]
Rusty Playgrounds and Joakim Soria
My daughter and I were having one of those growing-up-is-difficult type conversations the other day. “Dad, are the Royals going to be in the World Series again?” she asked. I struggled to find the right words to explain how various outcomes had contributed to the Royals not being up for another World Series win this […]
Perfection is Pending: In Blogging and In Life
Okay, blogging is hard. The Paralysis of Perfection I started a blog back when everyone was doing it in 2008. Now, after all those years of blogging for my loyal sisters on my little blogspot blog and admiring “real” bloggers from afar, I’ve finally made the jump and decided to go for the big time with […]
Dark Before Dawn (Mike’s Perspective)
You’ll want to read Sarah’s side first. After six long months of the ups and downs of panic attacks, depression, and disordered thinking, the day Sarah went to the hospital actually provided a new sense of hope. That being said, the post-traumatic range of emotions following a mental health crisis is not pleasant. Also, in a way […]
