Stanleyville Trail, Lomond, NL

Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse Trail, Rocky Harbour, NL

Tablelands Off-Trail Loop – Gros Morne National Park

East Coast Trail – Silver Mine Head Path, Torbay, NL

You’re worth the work!

Chance Cove Coastal Hiking Trail. 🥾 😃 🎒

I have struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my life. It’s an ongoing battle. I’ve attended anxiety groups, depression and trauma groups. In doing so I reached a place in my life where I can function again. I still have anxiety but I have better tools to help me cope. My niece always struggled with depression as well and her words were distraction is the key. I found myself turning to art and poetry, mostly poetry it helps keep my mind of the depression and is healing. I believe distraction is the key to an healthier you. I still have a ways to go but I am truly thankful for the mental health supports I could avail off to get me where I am today. Just try it distract yourself it helps.

Sometimes we need to go very dark and far into our caves, only to find the beautiful treasure that is hiding inside. Let’s not lose hope that we’ll find our treasures and soon start our journey back to the bright light. We are all together in this process, just inside different caves. ❤️

I feel like I am the loneliness person on the planet. I was in my home for three weeks, one week terrible sick, and not one word of a lie, if I was thought about a handful of times just in general that was all. My in-laws, who live next to me, were more afraid of catching the “plague” as they called it than asking me if I needed something picked up at the store. Since my dad passed no one speaks of him. Doesn’t anyone know the depths of grief. It’s all fun and games all the time. I envy their zest and positiveoutlook on life but, I also see them covering up their true selves and that doesn’t help me and certainly does not do them any favors.