Phasmogalephobia: A Haiku

Who you gonna call, Ghostbusters, or Shark Week when a ghost shark attacks?

Phasmogalephobia: Fear of Ghost Sharks

Phasmophobia: Fear of Ghosts, Galephobia: Fear of Sharks It is common knowledge that children are afraid of ghosts. They get scared by the noises old houses make. Each creak or groan is Marley and his chain coming to condemn them. The monster will emerge from the closet with a sheet draped over its invisible form […]

Poetry Project, Week One: Aesthetic

Aesthetic (For Sarah S.) She stands silent: staring at the sea. She hates the hold it has on her. The waves tease her spine, sending shivers that scathe. She lost herself here: the water cast her about, tumbled her body in the chase to get to the sand. The water lies. It acts anonymously, anchoring […]

If Historical Figures Were Alive Today, week 1

George Washington: Kill me now. Thomas Jefferson: Kill me now. John Adams: Kill me now. John Hancock: Kill me now. James Madison: Kill me now. Benjamin Franklin: LAAASSSS VEGAAAASSSSSSSSSS!!

Cibophobia: A Haiku

Blueberry blue bug buried in my morning meal my screams set you free

Cibophobia: Fear of Food (Fruit)

Every parent knows how tough it is to get your kids to eat certain things, and not eat other things. There’s that little trick where you tell your kid that vegetables give you SUPER SECRET powers that only adults can have, and all of a sudden, the little guys can’t get enough of whatever it […]

Valentine’s Day: an Aside

This story has nothing to do with my GAD. It does, however, have to do with the struggles I faced with my sexuality. Uh-oh, I used the s-word. Don’t worry, this posting isn’t NC-17, or even R. This is a post about my first love. And I figure nothing fits the sentimentality of Valentine’s Day […]

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

This is a blog about fear. To be more specific: this is a blog about what it’s like living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I won’t lie to you, I’m not an expert on the topic. I’m just a young woman who lived with the disorder undiagnosed for a bit over fourteen years. Anxiety disorders or […]

A writer in need deserves followers indeed.

Hello, strangers, family, friends, and people I have bribed into reading this blog. I appreciate your attention (if I have any of it). I am a 20-something (aka 21) woman with an unhealthy passion for the written word. My first order of business is a memoir chronicling the mental illnesses of those I love the […]