BREATHE... a journal

This blog is a preview for my memoirs. Sort of a journal. I like to post some of my ideas and inspirations here.

The journal has about 145 pages written so far and will also feature some of my artwork and pictures. Not a book. Not a comic book. CHAOTIC, like me.

As you can see, I am not writing in a typical format. The pages might look like poems but it's simply because I like things short and simple. Clean.

If you have ever experienced depression, you know that reading a book with pages filled with words is discouraging and you quickly lose interest...

BREATHE focuses on what I have learned and experienced so far, after the loss of my dad and the depression that followed.
I started writing to vent, but it has led me to knowing myself a bit better-- my limits, my dreams.

-Janie
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Not Cured


From the look of my blog, it seems like I may have fallen from the planet... but I am still here.
Breathing and trying to manage it all.
Life that is. With all its twists and turns.
This means I can see light at the end of the tunnel but I am not out. Not yet.

My inspiration to create is often overshadowed
by self-doubt and anxiety.
And in turn my physical health suffers as well. I am tired and aching.
Constantly bombarded with questions by my healthcare system,
afraid I might be cheating them.
My depression is in remission, that's a good sign.
But I am not "cured". Not yet.
Then again life can't be "cured", just managed.

I still have problems getting up in the morning.
I still get anxious when I step out of my home.
I can't even concentrate on a good book.
I used to be able to multitask
but now I have problems with ADD....
I used to be able to spend countless hours on a painting
but now I just want to get it over with...
Chores and bills are daunting and never-ending.
Appointments are repetitive but necessary.
Medication is now part of my routine.
Inspirational bouts are what I am living for.

Yeah, I can manage.
But I'm not cured.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Peace Returned


I'd been having a rough day...
so I decided to go for a drive.

Something led me to the cemetery.

I miss my dad...
my grandparents.

I keep telling myself
that they aren't there.
They're everywhere...

It somehow helps.

The most peaceful place on earth.
I cried. I even smiled...
was someone there to hear me?
Console me?
Maybe...

Peace returned.

<3

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

In Vain

So many thoughts flashing through my head
So many dreams passing through my mind

A heart bursting with desires
Or broken to millions of pieces
Unable to fulfill its destiny

Leaving me alone and unwanted
Chasing love in all the wrong places
Or burning my candle at both ends

If only you knew
If only you did

Then all this will not have been in vain...