Journal Entry for June 6, 2007
June 6, 2007 10:03am
In about two weeks, Tai is coming down from Kansas to stay with me for two weeks so she can look for a job here. I am so excited that I …
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About Me
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About Me
My name is Kasey and I'm twenty years old. After taking a year-long break from college, I plan to get back in there and fulfill my dream of becoming an English teacher (secondary). I'm unsure about what I'd like to minor in yet, though. I'm torn between Sociology, which will allow me to understand my students more, and Social Work, which would be a fall-back career if teaching doesn't work out (doubtful). Social work is more appealing to me because I have struggled so much with sadness, depression, and my sexuality that I would very much like to help others overcome their problems by using my experiences as examples. All I want to do is make differences in people's lives, and I can do that through teaching AND social work. Anyway, I'm an extremely open-minded person with a passion for grammar and American Literature. Sylvia Plath is my favorite writer by far, and if I ever decide to teach at a university, I would love to teach an entire course on her work and life. If you'd like to know more about me, I have a MySpace page: www.myspace.com/plathfan
My name is Kasey and I'm twenty years old. After taking a year-long break from college, I plan to get back in there and fulfill my dream of becoming an English teacher (secondary). I'm unsure about what I'd like to minor in yet, though. I'm torn between Sociology, which will allow me to understand my students more, and Social Work, which would be a fall-back career if teaching doesn't work out (doubtful). Social work is more appealing to me because I have struggled so much with sadness, depression,
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Interests
Reading, writing, animal rights, gay rights, left-wing politics, Sylvia Plath, Jennifer Beals, animal rights, PETA, ASPCA, poetry, and spending time with my family and friends.
Reading, writing, animal rights, gay rights, left-wing politics, Sylvia Plath, Jennifer Beals, animal
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Journal Entry for June 4, 2007
June 4, 2007 7:09pm
I've entered into a relationship with a wonderful person. Right now, it's an online relationship, but I have a good feeling about this …
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Journal Entry for May 26, 2007
May 26, 2007 1:54pm
I have one of my headaches again. It's like they rule my life. If I wake up with a headache, I'll have that headache all …
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Journal Entry for May 24, 2007
May 24, 2007 2:32am
I wrote this extremely morbid poem two months after my friend committed suicide.
!WARNING! It contains detailed descriptions of different methods …
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Journal Entry for May 24, 2007
May 24, 2007 2:29am
This is a poem I wrote about my depression about a year ago. I thought I'd share it. I apologize for the profanity.
"Will I …
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Close Self-Injury
I've been cutting myself since I was twelve. I started in seventh grade because it allowed me to escape from the pain other children caused me. I was made fun of constantly. It's been eight years, and I'm still cutting. I can't seem to escape it. I need help from whomever is willing to give it. I'm tired of being haunted by this disease.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Not Working
- I can talk for hours to my therapist about my problems, but that doesn't make them go away.
- Writing Working / Worked
- Writing about my battle with self-injury helps a lot. A pen and a piece of paper is the best therapy I've ever had.
Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI have dealt with depression since May 21, 2005, when my best friend took his life.
Treatments
- Elavil Not Working
- Gave me terrible, morbid nightmares.
- Lexapro Not Working
- I felt no difference in my life.
- Prozac Not Working
- I felt absolutely the same. It didn't help at all.
- Psychotherapy Not Working
- I've been institutionalized twice: Once voluntarily, once involuntarily. I always seemed to relapse.
- Cymbalta Not Working
- Helped with my headaches, not my depression.
- Celexa Not Working
- I remained depressed.
- Zoloft Somewhat Helpful
- It helped with my depression somewhat, but it gave me awful headaches and nightmares.
Open Personality Disorders
Type: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)I have suffered with Borderline Personality disorder all my life. Nothing seems to help. I lash out at people I love daily because my moods change from happy to sad to angry and then back again so suddenly. I don't know how to cope with it anymore.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Writing Somewhat Helpful
- It sometimes helps to get all my feelings out on my paper.
- Abilify Not Working
- It made me crazy! And my eyesight was always blurry.
Open Prescription Drug Abuse
I am very much addicted to hydrocodone. Sometimes it feels like a bullet to the head would be better than going without Lortab, Vicodin, etc.
Treatments
- Support Groups Somewhat Helpful
- Hearing others' stories and how they've dealt with their problems of abuse is helpful to me, but sometimes saddens me so much I feel I need the drugs to numb the sadness.
Open Rape
I was raped when I was four years old by a twelve year old boy who lived in the same apartment complex as my grandparents. I repressed the memory. It just recently surfaced.
Treatments
- Writing Working / Worked
- It helps very much to write about the experience.
- Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful
- I know they're there for me, but I don't think they understand completely.
Open Breast Cancer
I don't have breast cancer, but my mother is a two-year survivor. She was misdiagnosed twice. If a biopsy was done in the beginning, she wouldn't have lost both breasts.
Treatments
- Arimidex Working / Worked
- Gives my mother TERRIBLE joint pain.
- Mastectomy Working / Worked
- My mother had both of her breasts removed.
- Surgery Working / Worked
- Chemotherapy Working / Worked
Open Miscarriage
I had a miscarriage recently, and it tore me to pieces. I didn't even know I was pregnant.
Open Physical & Emotional Abuse
I've been emotionally abused by my parents, mainly by my father, for most of my life. My mother doesn't do it much anymore; Only when we discuss my past and my sexual orientation.
Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a FriendLost my best friend to suicide May 21, 2005. My life hasn't been the same since.
Treatments
- Crying Somewhat Helpful
- Grief Counseling Somewhat Helpful
- Prayer Working / Worked
Open Lesbian Relationship Challenges
I just began a relationship with an amazing girl. However, right now, she's in Kansas, and I'm in Louisiana. Hopefully, this won't become problematic for us.
