TO many of my readers, it seems that my blog was primarily started as a mental health blog. While it has definitely become that over the past couple of years, it didn't start out that way. I had never even actually known about blogging until I was required to make one for one of my …
Giving Tough Love to a Close Friend (And the Consequences Thereof)
I have a friend that recently attempted suicide. This was as a result of numerous things coming to a head after years of depression and unhappiness. As soon as she told me that she was in the hospital for ingesting over 30 pills, I got out of bed, got dressed, and went to sit with …
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Training my Dog!
In about 18 days, it will be a year since I adopted my sweet dog, Remy. He has been beyond a blessing in my life, as he has brought me much joy in my darkest times. He is honestly one of the most hyper, fun-loving guys out there, which brings me to the reason for …
Digital Art!
As stated in my About Me and Description, I love all types of art. I write, play musical instruments, and quite enjoy doing DIY projects whenever I get the free time. Particularly, however, I have always loved drawing and painting, and I have a ton of art supplies. I often find myself buying fine liners, …
My Life a Year Later
As I have made apparent on this blog, I went through one of the roughest times in my life about a year ago. On this day one full year ago, I was hospitalized for anxiety, panic attacks, and major depression. And while I still think about that time every single day, I felt that this …
Express Yourself
As I have been working at the writing center at my university for more than two years now, I have come to realize a few things. The biggest thing is that I have never read an essay or paper that is something I would call "bad". I have read so many works and talked …
The Family
This is a story based on a series of dreams I keep having.
Family, Friends, and Mental Health
As a kind of continuation from my last blog post, I want to talk a bit more about how the depressive episode I had recently affects my relationships. With my friends, things are better than they have ever been. I have learned to be completely open with them because I fully intend to keep my …
The Pain of Major Depression
Everyone talks about how hard it is to deal with a mental illness. I am just writing to share a recent experience that I have had that has affected me greatly. I was recently diagnosed with major depression. I was going to school full time, working about 20 hours a week, trying to balance a …
Importance of Multimodality
I would just like to take a moment to talk about how much I feel that multimodality is important in terms of rhetoric. I cannot stress how much I like being able to express myself in a variety of ways. As I have said numerous times, I love to make all kinds of art, from …
Devi Ramirez 