“Hi, my name’s Jason, what’s yours?” “Oh hi, uh, my name’s Christy,” she says. “Nice to meet you, Christy… What program are you in?” “Finance.” “Nice,” I say with as much enthusiasm as I could even though the conversation was drier than a dead ninety-year-old woman’s beaver. The conversation ultimately lapsed into silence. This is […]
Category: Stories
A Mental Health Story: Part 3
Do you know what it’s like? Course you don’t. How could you? You are not me. I am not you. But at least we can get a little bit of an understanding underway, right? John would wake up every morning not wanting to get out of bed. Like most, but for him… it was harder. […]
A Mental Health Story: Part 2
Not many days are filled with hope. If any at all. But this day. This day, John woke up feeling good. Not overly euphoric or rambunctious, but the looming cloud that has floated above his head and the black void in his heart, is lighter – dare he say, gone? John got out of bed, […]
Boredom
I do not know what to do. I stare at the wall, I stare at a screen, I stare at a fan, I stare at a floor, but I do not dare stare at myself. I fiddle my thumbs and am subsided with boredom. I know not who I am or where I want to […]
A Mental Health Story: Part 1
“Hello?” “Hi.” “Hello?” “Yes, hello. Can you hear me?” “Yes, I hear you…. So… How’s it going?” “Oh. Yeah it’s okay. Not doing too great but I’m managing, I think.” “Hello?” “Yes! I’m here, hello. Hello, can you hear me?” “Yes, I hear you. So, how’s it going?” “It’s going okay.” “How have you been […]
