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Journal
Quiet stories for hard days — about depression, panic, burnout and the long road of getting help. Written to keep you company, not to treat you.
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No. 8 · · Rest
Monday Afternoon, Reading the Same Sentence for the Third Time
A first-person story of someone who, on a Monday afternoon after lunch, kept rereading the same sentence at their desk and decided to step outside for just ten minutes, along with a heart that needed permission even to rest and Psalm 23:2 (WEB).
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No. 7 · · Worry
Monday Morning, and My To-Do List Spilled Onto a Second Page
A first-person story of an office worker who sat down at their desk on Monday morning to write out the week's tasks and found the list had run past one page, about taking worries out of my head and onto paper, and reading 1 Peter 5:7 (WEB).
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No. 6 · · Caregiving
Even Beside My Mother, I Was the One Who Had Run Out
A first-person story of a family member spending a Sunday afternoon caring for a mother whose body is unwell, from the time I thought my exhaustion was selfish to the afternoon I read Psalm 121:2 (WEB).
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No. 5 · · Relationships
I Had Put Off Replying for the Third Day
A first-person story of someone who spent three days without answering a friend's message checking in, from the screen that got harder to open as the apology grew to the Sunday morning I read Psalm 46:10 (WEB).
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No. 4 · · Insomnia
At Three in the Morning, I Stopped Calculating and Just Lay There
A first-person story of an office worker who can't fall asleep until dawn because of tomorrow's presentation, from the night of counting the hours left to the early morning I read Psalm 4:8 (WEB).
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No. 3 · · First visit
The Day I First Opened the Door of a Psychiatry Clinic
A first-person story of a day spent going to a psychiatry clinic for the first time after hesitating for a long while, from the time I stalled outside the building to the waiting room, the questionnaire, and the morning I read Lamentations 3:23 (WEB).
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No. 2 · · Listlessness
After the Meeting, the Evening Fell Apart First
A first-person story of an office worker who gets through the day fine but can't move from the front door after work, and who doesn't want to carry the exhaustion alone, along with Matthew 11:28 (WEB).
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No. 1 · · Anxiety
It Was Okay to Get Off One Stop Early
A first-person story of a morning on the subway when my chest suddenly tightened and my fingertips went cold, how I decided to see a doctor afterward, and the evening I read Isaiah 41:10 (WEB).
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