Tag: depressive-episode

  • I’m still here, even like this

    I’m still here, even like this

    I haven’t written anything for a while again. Not because I had no thoughts. Actually, the opposite. My head has been too full. The past weeks were heavy in a way that is difficult to explain properly. Not dramatic every day. Not constantly crying. Not lying on the floor staring at the ceiling. Just… low.…

  • Maybe This Is Just Life

    Maybe This Is Just Life

    I haven’t written anything for a while. The past few weeks were… not good. It was one of those periods where it’s bad, then worse, then a bit better, but still bad, and then worse again. And it just keeps going like that. Up and down, but mostly somewhere low. I had a lot of…

  • When the Inner Critic Takes Over

    When the Inner Critic Takes Over

    I think I might be having a depressive episode. Nothing dramatic happened. There’s no clear reason I can point to. But today my inner critic came out — loud, persistent, and merciless. It criticises everything. My appearance. My imperfections. My work. The way I speak. The way I live. It doesn’t offer solutions. It doesn’t…