This is an extremely long, and emotionally charged post.  I was raised to believe that the police are there to protect us.  I have always known there were some bad cops, but I believed they were the exception.  I believed that if you tell the truth, you will prevail.  Maybe I should have known better, looking back.  But these are ideals ingrained long before I...

I am going to be very raw and real here and to be perfectly honest, I am not sure I can even post this once I write it.  If I do, I may not leave it up for long.  But I need to write.  I need to try to organize my thoughts and feelings and try to make some sense of it all. I’m struggling.  I usually do that when our finances get in a mess, and they are...

It is next to impossible to explain anxiety to someone who has never experienced it.  I’ve tried, repeatedly, with very disappointing results.  Variations have included: The feeling you get when you hear nails on a chalkboard or whatever sound has that kind of effect on you. A swarm of bees inside you, getting more and more agitated as they creep toward your...

I wasn’t always the anxiety-ridden control freak that I am today. When I was young, I was very laid back. It was something that most likely drew Brian to me throughout the years of our pre-romantic friendship. The irony that the way our relationship fell to pieces is what catalyzed my journey into anxiety and controlling behaviors is not lost on either of us. I...

So, I fucked up royally at work and lost my job. I don’t want to talk about what or why or how, and some of those questions I couldn’t answer anyway because I just don’t know…let it lie with I screwed up, and the natural consequences of that suck, but are necessary, and deserved. I’m actually relieved. I haven’t been effective for...

So, my ex-husband and I are still pretty close.  I do his taxes, he fixes my car, and we take the kids on family adventures together.  It’s a decent set-up…a lot better than I see most other families that live apart working with, anyway. But. See, Brian forgets things.  LOTS of things.  And sometimes, I feel like he is still forgetting anything that has...