Tag Archives: mentalhealth

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”

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”

Living in a Nightmare

Elisa A Escalante/ LMSW/ 7-15-2020 “I often wonder, do they feel pain the same way I do? For the same reasons? And to the same extent? Or am I just crazy and alone in this? Maybe they are just good at hiding it too? Happiness is wanted from us all, it is easier than truth.Continue reading “Living in a Nightmare”

The Burden of Wanting

Elisa A Escalante/ LMSW/ 7-9-2020 “I am tormented, and not because of what I have been through, but because of what I have chosen to commit my life to.” -EaE There is a device in our hands with a world of knowledge, but there is a world around us that we can choose to seeContinue reading “The Burden of Wanting”