Pam Young's Blog, page 40

Excerpt 10, BURNOUT

Arriving at our destination near a cornfield, a nondescript place characterized by endless desert that was, thank God, graced with two wispy trees, we unloaded the truck and waved farewell to the driver, who promised to return at the end of the week.

“Does anyone else want a guarantee?” I wondered. Continue reading →

Excerpt 9, BURNOUT

I had survived the worst year of my life. I had learned about self-love, without which any relationship is doomed. I had begun to see my part in creating the nightmare of the previous year... Continue reading →

Excerpt 8, BURNOUT

Mimi seemed to be offering yet another perspective on the physical and emotional craziness I’d experienced during the past year, which the school counselor had labeled a “nervous breakdown” or “extreme burnout” and the psychiatrist had called a “spiritual crisis” of “dark night of the soul.” Continue reading →

Excerpt 7, BURNOUT

Perhaps the greatest relief I experienced all semester was being invited to speak before a psychology class about depression and what it feels like to be at the end of your rope! That talk occurred just three days after an intended suicide: mine! Continue reading →

Excerpt 6: BURNOUT

I obviously was unhappy. I had even considered dying. Apparently, my subconscious was so happy to make that happen. Continue reading →

Excerpt 5: BURNOUT

In bed that night, listening to the wind whistling through the window at the top of the stairs, I heard voices coming from right behind me. I turned slowly in the direction of the noise and saw two very handsome young men sitting in relaxed lounging positions in the air above my bed... Continue reading →

Excerpt 4: BURNOUT

Falling apart despite others' insistence that I save them, I continued to learn what didn’t work in finding love for myself. Continue reading →

Excerpt 3, BURNOUT

"I started thinking about my life as a tinder box, how it wasn’t just one thing but a slow accumulation of dry combustible material, like on the forest floor, in the shadows, waiting for the right spark to explode into flames." Continue reading →

Excerpt 2, BURNOUT

[These excerpts are from Book 1, Burnout to Bliss series. BURNOUT – How a Desert Lizard Restored My Faith, targets people who have personal experience with depression, who have self-medicated with sex, alcohol, and/or drugs to get relief, and who … Continue reading →

Blogging BURNOUT Now!

I was on my way to meet him at the door when suddenly he yanked up the weapon hidden under his jacket and filled the room with smoke as he riveted my body with bullets, tearing through my flesh with such force I was thrown against the blackboard, spraying blood on the walls. Continue reading →