Hi!

My name is Ty. I'm a 20 year old Colorado native. I'm an artist, a minimum wage worker, and a lover of life. I'm also an assault survivor, a suicide survivor, and anorexia survivor, and a lifetime sufferer of depression and anxiety.


I'm tired of those labels being defining characteristics of who I am. I'm tired of being a victim and a sufferer. I am starting this project because I realized life is too short to waste hating myself and being sad, and then I started to realize that I have the tools to help myself. Once I started to heal, I looked around and realized that there were a lot of other people in my peer group in the same pit I was in. I started to wonder of the things I tried to do for myself might help other people, or at least help them get pointed the way they want to point.


I do not claim my ideas will work for everyone, and I DEFINITELY don't think they're a magic cure. Everything I'm doing and have tried to do has only worked because I genuinely wanted to get better. Depression is kind of like an addiction with how seductive it is, and the only way a person can truly start to heal and continue to do so is when they themselves truly want to get better. I'm hoping that for those of us who want to feel better and move forward, but don't know where to start can maybe some passive direction in what I have to say.


This blog is about self reliance and self-love. I will be posting challenges, things to think about, coping mechanisms I use, and things to brighten your day a few times a week. Take from them what you wish, and feedback is much appreciated. I want to learn from you too!


Thanks guys!


Love, Ty

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Response From a Reader

Reader:
"I just want to let you know that you've inspired me. I've watched you change through your posts and I love the way you try to change the way you look at things. Ya, things can still suck sometimes, but you've done a lot to make yourself happy and I'm slowly learning to do that too. I'm going to try that love poem to myself thing that you did. Thank you for showing me how I can help myself.

Life is really scary sometimes and i just have been needing a boost. I have to fight with myself to try to avoid anxiety attacks and depression. You've inspired me time and time again and I really want to change like that. Maybe all I needed was a mentally distorted buddy... So we could maintain sanity together"
This response means so much to me. it feels wonderful to know that I'm helping someone make it through, and gives me hope that I'm helping more than just her.

I know this isn't easy for anyone. It's not easy for me either, but I promise you, once this stuff really starts sinking in, life is so much more beautiful and easier to get through.
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