Expressions de Ms.Ortega

This past month. I've come to the realization that you never really fully know a topic. There is always something new that you could learn. There is always a different perspective you have to consider. There is always something evolving. I thought I knew about suicide and how to deal with it. I thought I became an expert on how to comfort myself, tell what the signs were and how to get that person help, to a tee . But the simple fact is that you never know what are truly the signs. How to identify it. It could be a number of different things, the stress, financial hardship, a break up, Chemical imbalance in the brain, or a mental illness. But as you age, so does your perspective, and the thought process. Something you dealt with when you were 11 will feel extremely different when your 25. People say just be there, try to understand. But they don't tell you about the shock that you go through. The anger you start to feel when the person that attempts to commit suicide ends u

Originally this blogger was created as an obligation from one out of many amazing professors at Southern University to help put ourselves out there (excruciating by the way).  But in many ways I'm thanking that professor. Help me get out of my comfort zone.  Ever read your old messages or start looking at old pictures. You realize, how much you've grown. How much shit you've been through and how much you have accomplished.  If your like me, then I hope you had a thought like, "What in the world was I thinking?" or my personal favorite, "How fucking weird am I?!" I have grown to realize that you are your own amusement, and Thank God (if you believe in him or her whatever your preference might be) for that.  I forgot how much I used to love to write.  Tell me what was your Blast from the past.