Elisa. A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 09-03-2020 “One more emotion or stressor could be one too many. The greatest awareness you can have, is knowing when you cannot take anymore… and when you must hope, dream and fight for something different.” There are layers to this madness that is the mental health profession. I cannot evenContinue reading “Hopes & Dreams”
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T.I.G.S
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 08-25-2020 What is it that erodes our mental health over a lifetime? What can we avoid? And what must we face? There are quite a few mental disorders and no doubt our brain chemistry and biology play a role in our psyche. However, it is also that nurture factor: theContinue reading “T.I.G.S”
Chasing Highs & Lows
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 08-21-2020 “The one thing that saved me and gave me hope for many years, is also what’s slowly destroying my body and mind. And now, I am forever torn.” -EaE What’s your poison? Have you figured it out yet? Do you still believe drugs are only injected into the bodyContinue reading “Chasing Highs & Lows”
Growing Pains
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 8-17-2020 “Laughing is easier than crying, anger is easier than grief, silence is easier than talking about it, forgetting is easier than remembering. But, we do not get the luxury of choosing how and when to feel things. And although we can disguise and hide our pain, we cannot will itContinue reading “Growing Pains”
When the Songs Got it Right
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 8-13-2020 To follow up after my blog: When the movies got it right, I now want to take us into various song quotes that represent mental anguish and emotional expression. Though songs may be simplified as a form of ‘art’ so to speak, there is no denying their power. SongContinue reading “When the Songs Got it Right”
NOT your Mother Teresa
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 8-5-2020 “When helping someone, if you are working harder than they are, that’s a problem.” -EaE The kindest people of the world get put up on the most dangerous types of pedestals. The pedestal of people pointing at them as the ‘go to’ person anytime anyone needs anything, ever. Unfortunately,Continue reading “NOT your Mother Teresa”
Heart of Ruby
Elisa A Escalante “Maybe you didn’t need me, but I needed you, As I sat on that rock, waiting to see you, You called and said you’d come, and somehow I believed you, And watched the cars go by, hoping I’d see you, Because you gave me life, yes I came from you, But youContinue reading “Heart of Ruby”
Silencing the World
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 7-30-2020 I used to sit and/ or walk in silence for hours and hours, literally. As a millennial born in 1989, I still remember this: no smart screens. No easy internet access, as it wasn’t allowed in my household. The ‘special’ computer with dial up internet access was locked inContinue reading “Silencing the World”
RAGE
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 7-25-2020 “You can’t evaluate another person’s situation by looking at it through your world” -Terrence Coffie/ LMSW I would be considered, whatever the opposite of angry is. For the most part, people commonly told me I was one of the nicest people they had ever met. There were a fewContinue reading “RAGE”
When the Movies got it Right
We may not be able to see mental sufferings or have the capacity to express them fully into words, but there were cases when the movies really did get it right. Lines and monologues in which we are left in aw of how an actor or actress spewed out a set of lines that weContinue reading “When the Movies got it Right”
Functionally Mental 