Self expression is one of the best therapies for getting the inside out. Leonard Cohen wrote and sang "there is a crack in everything...that's how the light get's in".
Keep doing what you're doing @cali-girl ...this is the first thing I've read from you and found your style both honest and edgy. I could never understand people who, although through their eyes I could see how they struggled, they seemed to always have it all together.
Thank you for the insight...and your sharing. I came here from a reply you made about a kitten named Niagara posted by @sebiniel.
Don't know why but I'm drawn to the abyss. Any abyss...even if I need to crawl on my belly to get into position to peer down into it. Just never know what lies deep down at the bottom...discovery is it's own reward.
~may all hatred cease...let there be peace~