West Coast Bound

Daily writing prompt
What is your mission?

So, I live on the east coast. We just got dumped with a foot of snow and now it’s all gray and frozen. I almost ate shit walking out of my house.

When I was a kid, I used to love snow days. That meant no school. Now, as a grown up, I hate it. And because I work from home, I don’t get paid for snow days. I actually have to work. Now that I’ve lived here for almost 30 years now, I’m over this climate. It gets so hot during the summer and the humidity is offensive. And the winters are so cold that when the wind blows, it slaps you in the face. I don’t want to live in a place where the wind slaps me in the face…I refuse.

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Welcome To My Normal

Working from home has its perks and my favorite one is getting to decorate my work space however I want.

I’ve never been a fan of bare walls, even cubicle walls. When I worked in the office, I would put up pictures and bring in random knickknacks from home. Boring spaces don’t motivate me.

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I Feel Dead Inside

I feel like my condition is getting worse. I have schizoaffective disorder, anxiety, PTSD, and ADHD. The ADHD is the only thing under some kind of control. I still forget things and put off other stuff, but I’m able to focus on work. I’m also medicated and I really should see a therapist on a regular basis but I haven’t been feeling like talking at all.

I’m so withdrawn and have just been isolating myself. I don’t want to leave the house. I don’t want to be touched. I’m so easily overstimulated and overwhelmed. I love my dogs but when I’m sitting or lying down it’s when they want to go outside and play. It really annoys the shit out of me and I feel like a terrible person for feeling that way. I don’t neglect my pets at all, but they remind me of when my kids were little.

I wonder every day why I’m even here. I feel like my life is just a big fucking joke and I’m doing all this shit just to die at the end. I wish I was still doing the things I used to enjoy. I loved drawing, I loved going to places and take pictures. I loved going to sports events. I loved going to museums. Even if I tried now, there would be no passion in it. I just can’t find it in me to enjoy life. I do love sleeping. Yesterday, I went back to sleep at 10 am and woke up at 2 pm. I slept fine last night but I just wanted to sleep more. Maybe because it shuts the voices up.

I feel like everyone would be better off without me. I’m not here anymore. I’m just a shell of what I used to be. There are a lot of days when I’m mad or upset. Days when I think about getting a gun and just blow my brains out. Days of wondering what it would feel like to be normal. I know so many well adjusted adults and I’m over here regressing. I feel like anything I do will never be good enough. I’m just a disappointment at this point. I think I was born broken.

I really don’t want to be here anymore.

I’m Trying To Survive

I went to the cardiologist last week. They did an EKG and my heart rate at rest was 117 BPM. So I had to go back and get a stress test, an ultrasound, and then another EKG. I passed my stress test. I haven’t heard about my ultrasound yet, and I guess my EKG is fine? But they have me wearing a holter monitor.

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