Comparing My Capacity For Happiness To A Bucket

by Sean - 3 February 2010

I was trying to explain how BIID is always there, yet I can experience happiness. How I can be "as happy as I can be", within the confines of dealing with a chronic case of rather strong BIID. I’ve attempted this explanation several times before, using different analogies. The most recent analogy that came to my mind might be the clearest, easiest one to understand – a bucket and a balloon!

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Self-Harm, or I Would Like to Feel Something

by Sean - 21 September 2008

A couple days ago, I punched my thighs several times. It did not hurt. So I slapped my face. Hard. Repeatedly. I did not feel it. I banged my head against the wall. I stopped because my partner came to investigate what I was doing, on account of the noise I was making. I would have continued. I just wish I could feel *something*.

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