Harley Myers
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trauma survivor.
chronically ill.
doin’ my best.
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Maybe Your Wife Should Move Out?
Remember when you had a boyfriend or girlfriend in high school that you hung out with on the weekends? Maybe you had the same lunch period and you held hands the whole time? Okay—how about dating like that again, except you're an adult with your own home and your own responsibilities, and you're involved in a long-term committed relationship or marriage?
By Harley Myers6 years ago in Humans
Help! Telltale Har: I Can't Stop Provoking My Girlfriend
Today I address an email from a woman who wishes her girlfriend of four years would “flip her lid” once in a while, and goes as far as to purposefully do things she hopes will make her girlfriend mad just so she’ll freak out.
By Harley Myers6 years ago in Humans
When the Child Becomes the Parent
I was 10 years old when I picked my mother up off the floor where she lay crying. Her and my dad had just gotten into a fight that would've woken the neighbors if we had any, but instead it woke me up long before it was time for me to get ready for school. She wouldn't stand up, instead she fell against my body and cried, "Why doesn't he love me?" she asked over and over again. I consoled her, I told her that he does, I told her that I did, I told her anything I could think of that would make her feel better. I did the best a 10 year old child could.
By Harley Myers6 years ago in Families
Honest About Mental Illness. Top Story - August 2019.
There's a certain strength that comes along with being honest about where you need to be met. I've not had much trouble throughout my life being open about my chronic physical illnesses. Most of the time, I've not had a choice in being straightforward about what I need and what my limits are, as feeling like total trash is often very hard to hide.
By Harley Myers6 years ago in Psyche
5 Things You Should Know Before Talking About Your Mental Illness:
While I’ve suffered from mental illness most of my life, I haven’t always understood how important it is to really be heard by the people in my life. The idea of talking about what I go through with others never seemed to be an option. Regardless, suffering alone is quite, well, lonely. Since opening up about my issues with chronic mental illness, I’ve received a bounty of love and support and also a heaping load of trash.
By Harley Myers6 years ago in Psyche
