Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 03-2-2024 “Every Pain you have will have an answer. It just won’t come soon enough. And why should it? Why have the arrogance to believe you get to know why? Why have the ego to believe that you deserved better? Or the premonitions to believe that you know what’s next? GETContinue reading “No Holiday Picture for Me”
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I Used to be a Sweet Southern Girl
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-11-2023 “You’re the nicest person I’ve ever met!” This is one of the more common lines I have heard through childhood, adolescence, and all the way up to my early to mid twenties. I was raised in AZ, TX, & SoCal primarily. So yes, I am a ‘Southern Belle’. (Not inContinue reading “I Used to be a Sweet Southern Girl”
Why Stay?
Elisa Escalante/ LCSW/ 10-16-2021 “Telling an abused, abandoned, neglected and traumatized child to “self love” is like telling a fish to breathe oxygen.” -EaE Naturally, as life and traumas unfold, I will have more experience and therefore, more to talk about. The subjects and topics add up with age and, hopefully, added wisdom. I foundContinue reading “Why Stay?”
From Soul Mates to Room Mates
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-2-2021 “No one is worth chasing. Not for love, not for attention, not for fun, not even for truth or closure. The only truth that matters is if I feel you are drifting away, then that means you are not interested anymore. And if you are not interested in me, IContinue reading “From Soul Mates to Room Mates”
Functionally Mental 