Breaking Free from My Mother’s Final Wish

I think I’ve started breaking free. I’m starting to free myself from the idea that was planted inside me—that I have no one except my family, that no one will ever love me like they do, that I can’t be with anyone else,that I won't find anyone who loves and accepts me as I am …

The New Comeback

What’s a chapter of your life you’d title "The Hard Years" — and what got you through it? I'm back... I never stay away forever because this is a safe place for me. I'm sorry I've been gone for months. Of course, I'll talk about the reasons in detail in my upcoming posts.Just so you …

Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds / Message to My Mom…

It's been two years, Mom... Two years of trying so much—trying to be okay, trying to stay alive, and even trying to control the uncontrollable… Two years of feeling this void inside me… Two years in which a constant fear has developed since losing you… Two years, and I’m still unable to realize that you’re …

a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

The life I used to have when Mom was still alive… or no, the life before knowing she had cancer. The normal routines, the ordinary days, the little moments—the ease, the carelessness, the stronger Karla who had nothing to be afraid of. How life used to be less scary, when this deep wound in my …

MetaHealth ?

I want to believe that we are responsible for our own illnesses, no matter how serious. I love the idea that we have the power to choose. It’s always felt unfair to me that some people get certain diseases while others don’t. Why does one person develop chronic illnesses while another stays healthy? Doctors often …