I want to say, “Please let me be. Please let me go. I love my husband too much to risk losing him or hurting him ever again. And talking to you, connecting with you would do just that. There’s too much I don’t know about right now. Too much that just… I’m too messed up […]
Fractured Minds and Shattered Glass
Numb. Feel nothing. Shut it down. I slipped into my mind, into the depths where everything was black and nothing—no voice, no pain—could reach me. “Back again, huh?”I could hear Ian smirk through the dark. “I am,” I said. “You’re not supposed to shut down,” he said as if to pass the time. “I don’t […]
Dreaming in Emotion
I’m dreaming in emotion. I’ve never experienced anything like this. As early as five, I remember… I was five. I was five when I dreampt that. My step-brother had crawled into an oven. The oven didn’t hurt him, but he melted the face of my doll. I’ve been terrified of dolls since. Seeing its face […]
In Reflection…
With an upcoming Blog Hop, I was asked Were there any leading events in your life in 2015? The question blew my mind. Some of you have been following from the beginning. Some of you know. But—without looking up notes in Unbreaking Me, here it is in a nutshell. Were there any leading events […]
Social Concepts
Today on AVBC, Aurelia interviewed Charlene Jones, author of The Stain. Ms. Jones touched on a plethora of topics that hit home with me on many levels. When the interview ended, my head was swimming with thoughts. I recorded these four videos in reply.
Embarrassed? Now!?
So much has changed… so much… I started following a group on Social Media a month ago for BPD. Then I joined one for depression. Today, I made one for rape survivors. So much happened today. I had a dream. It was a nightmare, but I didn’t know it at the time. I dreampt I […]
What will I choose to be?
What will I choose to be? by Angela B. Chrysler I’m sitting here on this warm November day, staring out my window in the rain. I’m thinking back on everything that has happened this year. January. Raven. March. Broken. April. Mental ward. May. Book release. June. Diagnoses. July. Blog Tour. August. Awakening. September. Book […]
Strong Enough
Ian: You have something to say. Elizabeth: Why you? Why does it have to be you? Ian: You chose me for this. I should be asking you, “Why me?” Elizabeth says nothing and stares out the window into the rain. “I want to be back in Ireland,” I said, and just like that, I was […]
Protected: Broken: The Characters
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Writing Broken
“Was it hard writing Broken?” This question comes up often. Most just assume it was and state, “That must have been hard.” But, occasionally, some one asks, “Was it?” The answer is less straight forward than one expects. Writing Broken was hard… and easy. It felt great, and horrific. It was mind-numbing, and emotionally stimulating. […]