Personal Stories

Dealing with Depresssion

Hey you all!!! I know it has been awhile. As I always say. But it has literally been almost a year! But so much has happened in these 10 months, and that would have to another post for another day. But today we are obviously talking about depression. Now I have always been very vocal about my life and dealing with anxiety and depression. I don’t need to have it as a secret. And I also feel like it helps to talk about it so that it encourages others to explain what they are dealing it.

So for the last maybe 5-6 months my depression has really been at a all time high. Normally I am able to deal with it on my own. Isolate, meditate, stop drinking, getting rid of any negative energy, and changing my daily routine. But nothing seem to work this time, it had got to the point that I thought I need professional help. I had a major break down, while in a room with nothing but friends having a good time. I thought something was seriously wrong with me. I felt nothing but sadness for weeks. To the point I got up and cried to my mother about it.

Now mind you nothing in my life is really wrong. I still have a pretty good paying job to be only 26 and no degree, my kids are health and smarter than ever, my health is pretty good, makeup business is doing great, still in school and taking my time, and I FINALLY just moved in to my first apartment. So why am I feeling like this? I try to explain to others but most don’t understand. Always asking well what if it is nothing going wrong, you should be grateful and happy. But it definitely doesn’t  work like this.  The one thing I have notice is that I stopped writing, I used to write poetry all the time! Just getting my thoughts out and really clear my head out. So I wrote this;

Depression is such a complex word…

Depression is the anxiety you feel, and the drinking to help numb it

It is the loneliness you feel, and the stranger that lies next to you to make you forget it

It is the tiredness you feel that sleep cannot cure.

Or when your family say you lack motivation. But they don’t know you can’t see yourself in the future.

It comes in so many forms

Hidden for days, sleeping for hours, shouting at love ones.

Your seem to be losing yourself in the mist of it.

It is the guilt of the things that you have done

And the fear of the failures that you have yet to attempt.

Constantly thinking everything you are doing is wrong in some way…

I haven’t been able to really see that I was suffering because I tend to keep myself so busy that I don’t get a moment to reflect or think. Sometimes it can be helpful other days it can be a real struggle.

If you need help or someone to talk to please try your love ones and if they can’t truly understand please contact a professional or even the Suicide Hotline 1-800-273-8255, you can also text them as well.

Thank you for reading.

Random Rants

Side Chick Music

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Soo lets talk real quick. It was brought to my attention that SZA is supposedly “side chick music.”  Now if you really listen to SZA you would know what she is all about. But most people refer to her based off of her song “The Weekend” Where she says

“You say you got a girl
How you want me?
How you want me when you got a girl”

“My man is my man is your man
Heard that’s her man
Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
I just keep him satisfied through the weekend”

And yeah on the outside looking in it sound exactly like that. But take it from this stand point. What if you were dealing with a man who is supposedly in love with two or more woman? each woman knows about each other and are okay with what is going on with him. Does that make her a side chick? who is really the main chick? But really is it just her saying shit he is for everybody!?

SZA isn’t this “Hey everybody lets just play these nigga how the play us!” She is about empowerment. Her songs are about the things she has and is going through. I bring this topic up because of her new music video Supermodel. The video begin with her doing what all woman do looking in the mirror pick at ourselves, with her “man” in the back laugh at her. These kids come and make her feel beautiful. As she is walking the road in a forest she is straight WORKING and SLAYING!!!! But while walking she see’s her man laughing at her again.

“I could be your supermodel
If you believe
If you see it in me
See it in me
See it in me

I don’t see myself
Why I can’t stay alone just by myself
Wish I was comfortable just with myself
But I need you”

That is the words of a woman that constantly fight with her self esteem something we all have trouble with. Its the same with the song Drew Barrymore

“I get so lonely, I forget what I’m worth
We get so lonely, we pretend that this works
I’m so ashamed of myself think I need therapy-y-y-y
I’m sorry I’m not more attractive
I’m sorry I’m not more ladylike
I’m sorry I don’t shave my legs at night
I’m sorry I’m not your baby mama
I’m sorry you got karma comin’ to you
Collect and soak in it right”

Here’s something from Broken Clocks

“All I got is these broken clocks
I ain’t got no time
Just burning daylight
Still up still up
Its still love its
Still love still love still loving still love
Nothing but love for you
Nothing but love
Nothing but love”

In the end of all of this SZA is a real one. She sings about being in these crazy stages of our lives in these crazy ass 20’s. Where you would think we would be past self esteem issues, bad relationships, and toxic love. But it life and we gotta keep pushing through. But next time you listen to supposedly “side chick music” listen to the story and not just the chicks who live their lives off of being a side chick. And just saying Shirley Murdock – As We Lay is side chick music lol but its still my jam! Tell me what you think about SZA -CTRL!

peace, love, and positivity

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1-800-273-8255

 

So recently I have notice a lot rapper making song like “XO Tour Llif3” Where Lil Uzi Vert keeps saying at “push me to the edge, all my friends are dead” and Logic 1-800-273-8255 “I don’t want to be alive, I just wanna die today” And at first I thought it was something a lot more sinister than what it really was. But after I watched this video and I’ll at the link for you all to see it.

How Logic, Lil Uzi Vert, And XXXTENTACION Put Mental Health Center Stage In Hip-Hop | Genius News

Please watch!

But after watching this video I learned that it is more of a cry for help. Or even just explaining the things that have happened or currently something that these rapper are going through. I thought okay let me at least give this a chance. So I watch Lil Uzi Vert’s video and was shocked! It was a sad mixture of what you think people are actually doing and what is actually going on mentally. The enter demon we all face everyday.  Now going toward Logic – 1-800-273-8255, I first watch the video thing okay what exactly is going on and not knowing that the phone number is to the suicide helpline. As many times as I have seen this number on shows and just around I never once thought to remember it. But I was MOVED to tears because I seen people go through this, I know this feeling that people are going through. Now no I’m not gay. But I have battle depression all my life as well as anxiety, I have of course had postpartum, but didn’t even know until my son’s were home to realize it. Logic song moved me to tears, I still can’t listen to it without tears falling every time. These are real struggles that we all go through but we only think it’s ourselves that are going through it. But you’re not.

I have never thought about killing myself, but I know friends that have tried to kill themselves. Shit I was there one day and had to call 911 because I didn’t know how many pill he tried to take. But my anxiety is still very real. I over analyze everything, always wonder is this going to happen, what about if  I make this person feel like this, and how can I give my kids the perfect childhood where they don’t have to have coping mechanisms when something traumatic happens. I won’t tell you I had a horrible childhood because I would be lying.  My mother and father loved me and give me the world. But I had seen something that have shaped me into the person I am to now, and still do cry about the things that have happened. I have panic and anxiety attacks regularly. And for the most part I get myself together and let it past. But it’s still an everyday struggle. We have to start taking mental health seriously. We can save so many more lives if we just listen to people for one quick second and understand that it might be a cry for help.

“I want you to be alive. You don’t gotta die. Now lemme tell you why”

Please if you’re having thoughts of suicide please call this number 1-800-273-8255

peace, love, and positivity