by Lauren H White | Apr 10, 2022 | Emotions, Spirituality
Image by Activeda (TW: trauma, abuse) I had to watch a sexual abuse prevention training for work this week. The videos detailed how victims are selected and groomed by their abusers. Most abuse happens with trusted people that their families already know. I knew...
by Lauren H White | Mar 5, 2022 | *, Emotions, Spirituality
Beautiful questions lead to beautiful answers. (Image by Руслан Сикунов from Pixabay) From a young age, I have felt unsafe. My body remembers what trauma felt like, so it is difficult for me to relax and let down my guard. At the worst of my PTSD, before I was...
by Lauren H White | Feb 11, 2020 | Emotions
The earth lies dormant in Winter, and I want to hibernate too. With my bipolar disorder, feeling depressed after New Year’s can drag all the way through March. I’ve learned to expect the post-holiday struggle, and push roots deeper to thrive in the chill. If you have...
by Lauren H White | Aug 23, 2019 | Emotions, Spirituality
Merry and me, home again. It’s like dying. Drowning. A total eclipse of the sun. This time, without my baby, without my Marion, it’s the shock of a grief you don’t expect and can’t possibly be prepared to receive. You stagger under the blow....
by Lauren H White | Nov 5, 2018 | Emotions, Nutrition, Spirituality
Months. Months of waiting, praying, and pushing through the motions of caring for my child. Months, and mountains moved. The growth, birth and first several months of my daughter’s life threw my mental state into chaos. I was so out of balance during the...
by Lauren H White | Mar 16, 2018 | Emotions
In the months following your daughter’s birth, you come to realize an important truth: being a mom with mental illness is not just hard. It’s impossible. It’s impossible when you’re manic, postpartum and on medication to breastfeed your baby, so you have to let...
