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Hailees Daily Dose
Autumn has arrived. The air is nippy out there. The mountains that surround or valley are full of brilliant yellows,oranges and reds. It’s quite breathtaking. The other day a friend and I drove up the canyon that we are fortunate enough to live by, a close 5 minute drive to the base. For the first…
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Hailees Daily Dose
Afraid of the Dark? I’m more afraid of the light. As I sit here listening to the world wake up this morning, I came to a sudden realization. Not only am I afraid of going to sleep, but I have discovered that I am even more afraid of the daytime hours. The hours where dealing…
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Hailees Daily Dose
Well, well. I’m still around, not really missing in action. It’s been a rough road for several months and I didn’t want my personal life to spill out all over the pages of my writing. Time to catch up again. I have openly talked about all of my traumas, From learning to disassociate to the…
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Hailees Daily Dose
Talking Mental Health When talking with others about mental health and the labels that come with it, the subject came up about how people”talk”to us. Let’s go there. Some of us live in a world of having labels placed on us such as crazy, psycho, having a condition, unstable, sick, disturbed, having a screw loose,…
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Hailees Daily Dose
Unwanted identities Therapy today was kind of rough. I want to share what we talked about. The topic was unwanted identities. What is that? Not multiple personality or disasociative identity disorder ( D.I.D). Unwanted identities are in fact, the way we feel other people see us or label us.[ I want to be seen as___…
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Hailees Daily Dose
Lemonade From Lemons Life throws us many unexpected curve balls that makes one wonder what we should do. Swing at that ball or take the strike? I’m not sure some days. It seems as though some of us never catch a break. It’s overwhelming and frustrating. Makes you want to hide in a corner and…
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Hailees Daily Dose
I try to think about and see all of the beauty that surrounds us. However, lately I can’t seem to see it even though it’s right in front of me. What an ugly thought and even uglier feeling. Unfortunately, it’s my reality right now. Sitting here this morning, I have been trying to take part…
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Hailees Daily Dose
I’m going out on a limb and putting this out for all to read while I am very frustrated and pissed off beyond belief. Chances are, you may think that I am just upset and will cool off. Think again. These thoughts are always on my mind I just avoid speaking them. Not anymore. I…
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Hailees Daily Dose Did You Really Think They’d Fall for That?
Recently I was torn up one side and down the other for my parenting skills. I’m just going to throw this out there and talk about it openly. Am I perfect? No. I am all too human, but I am also a damn good mother. Let me share some of the story with you. I…
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Hailees Daily Dose
This morning I was reminded of an incident happened a few years ago. I’m jumping on the soapbox again, but I felt really strong that these words needed to heard today by someone struggling. On that note, off to preaching. Anyone who knows me at personal level knows that I love art. I really have…