By Kimberly Zapata Lately I have been anxious: unbearably anxious. Maybe it is all of the impending changes in my life. Maybe it is the current state of our nation, the insecurity I now feel in the country I call home. Or maybe it is just my damn anxiety disorder, but whatever it is I … Continue reading Living With Anxiety: The Monster I Cannot See
What It Feels Like To Have A Depressive Episode
By Kimberly Zapata It has been a difficult month. A dark and dreary month. A wet, impossibly cold, and impossibly painful month. My bones ache. My joints ache. My mind is racing, and my heart is heavy. And, as such, I have drawn the curtains. I have hidden under the covers. I have closed every … Continue reading What It Feels Like To Have A Depressive Episode
To The Friends Who Ghosted Me Because Of My Mental Illness
By Kimberly Zapata Let me start by saying I’m sorry, not for who I am or what I’ve done but for being silent for so long. For shutting down, and shutting up. For closing myself off. You see, it’s taken me awhile to gather the nerve to write these things, mainly because I am scared … Continue reading To The Friends Who Ghosted Me Because Of My Mental Illness
This Is What A Panic Attack Feels Like
By Kimberly Zapata I am walking through the park when it hits me: a wave of warmth. A wash of terror. A flood of agitation, apprehension, discomfort, and unease. Of course, I try to ignore it. I am with my daughter — my four-year-old baby girl — and, as such, I do not have time to sit … Continue reading This Is What A Panic Attack Feels Like
Greater Than: Illness 