Unlisted&Twisted!
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Welcome Readers! Thank you for checking in! I am a young, mentally ill young woman with a passion for mental health awareness, music, and writing! I hope my stories inspire you. Follow me here or on Instagram @unlistedandtwistedblog
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"There's FAMILIES Here, Too!"
"YOU CAN'T BEE A 'BE-ES-ER!' " "I never said I WAS Hunter S.Thompson!" [Olivia Petrus]. Those "Wise Words of Wisdom" were shared with me in my favorite high-school journalism class. Well, "POR LOS NINOS" [ A 'Peggy Hill' phrase. Peggy Hill was a character on "King of the Hill". Co-Written and Produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels.] [YouTube]. [Google]. Out of privacy concerns, I edited out exactly WHO said it and HOW it was said. But those words STUCK WITH ME...
By Unlisted&Twisted!4 years ago in Families
Respecting Your Neighbors...
The Dixie Chicks perform a song on YouTube called, "White Trash Wedding" [YouTube]. It's off their sixth studio album - "Home" [Google]. As the videoclip opens, you hear three women sing in JOY, UNISON, and for me, TRUTH... "You can't afford... no... ring..."
By Unlisted&Twisted!4 years ago in Confessions
Mental Health - and Poverty - in Crown Point.
The plastic handles of the dark garbage bag full of "Hand-Me-Down" "Panic-Clothes" slung taught behind my shoulders. Twisting and digging into the knots that regularly torment my back as my palms grew sweaty from the heat walking to the local Goodwill here in Crown Point, Indiana... one hot summer day... one year ago...
By Unlisted&Twisted!4 years ago in Motivation
It's A Dog's Life!
It was a hot, humid, drizzly day in Indiana, earlier this July. One of my friends I had attended school with for what seems like forever - who ended up being the lead guitarist and vocalist for a successful, up-and-coming South Suburban Chicagoland band called OUTDrejas [outdrejas.com]. - was getting married! My older sibling was invited. That meant I had to mind the pets of the household.
By Unlisted&Twisted!4 years ago in Petlife
"The Epitome of Generativity"
Integrating a socially awkward, severely traumatized, mentally-ill young woman, and her older cat, Nitty - with a passion for the arts ANYWHERE - especially from "The Heights" of Heaven into this Post-Pandemic World we ALL now find ourselves in - while crossing over the border, with the help of my family and friends from the South Suburban Chicagoland area into the Northwestern Indiana region - or Northeastern Indiana, in you prefer - I have to think FAST. But slow down and be aware.
By Unlisted&Twisted!4 years ago in Humans
Walking the Dog in an Interdependent & Independent-Minded State!
Welcome to Northwest Indiana, says Roxy, who loyally panted by my side after a long and winding stroll down our new “hood” over a year ago. Her older sister, Nitty, rested in the other room – always, "On-Call". Today, the dog walked very well, in what is still “new” Northeastern Indiana territory. Remember, she’s an undomesticated wild pack dog from Aruba... and has ALLERGIES. I’m from the South Chicagoland Area, mentally ill, and came with an elderly cat with ongoing FOOD desires. Read on, and you might learn why people love their dogs here, the obligations of all pet lovers out there to be responsible, communicate effectively with other people providing care for the animal and by being kind and mindful, as you should be to yourself!
By Unlisted&Twisted!4 years ago in Wander
Beaches
There ARE beaches in Northwest Indiana. Lake Michigan is the ocean of the Midwest. It climbs upward north, along the eastern border of Wisconsin, where it then reaches around it's namesake state, Michigan, and feeds into Lake Huron, like a glove, on it's eastern border. It then crawls further north, narrowly crossing the our norther neighbor's border by streaming into, and along with, Lake Huron, at Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. It also dips down south, along the eastern border of northern Illinois, highlighting the best of the "City of Big Shoulders", Chicago. A tiny portion dips eastward into Northwest Indiana, as well. There's even a town named, "Michigan City" in Indiana. [Google Maps].
By Unlisted&Twisted!5 years ago in Motivation
Crossing the Border...
A month or so ago, it was proposed that I come stay with my older sibling for a week or two, to spend some more time together. Despite my state of SEVERE paranoia and anxiety at the time, I agreed. I was eagerly looking forward to spending time with my older sibling. Seems like it had been forever! Indeed it had been. My older sibling and myself were VERY close growing up. When I was 13, they left for basic training, and ultimately ended up serving two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2008. Upon arriving home, I was 18 and stupid. They were 22, and had just seen combat. On top of that, the housing market had collapsed, and job prospects in Illinois were limited, even for Veterans. It was a terrible time, and we never really had the chance to re-connect.
By Unlisted&Twisted!5 years ago in Motivation
