Category Archives: depression
Become Ordained into the ranks of the most wonderful people in the world!
I have been in psychiatric hospital twice now (trauma ward). Both times it was a wonderful experience–hard work, some mental pain, authentic living, with lots of caring people around me. Most especially, the people who loved and cared for me … Continue reading
DREAMS
There are some people who think that dreams are just parts and pieces of things you are dealing with during the day. To these people dreams are more like junk being processed. For me, dreams are a connection to those … Continue reading
Life of an Addict…
POEM NOTES: Many years ago I struggled with a drinking problem that eventually lead me to the brink of suicide. But instead of killing myself I chose life. Yet, I was so destroyed as a human-being, at the bottom of … Continue reading
Life-Thoughts Inspired by Coldplay’s Song “Clocks”
When I heard “Clocks” by Coldplay, well, I just broke down. This song struck such a deep chord inside me. It spoke to my life unlike anything I have experienced. I am very thankful to this group for writing such … Continue reading
TRAVELING PEOPLE PART I– DISSOCIATIVE BLUES
( Notes on this poem….Well, I am on the road traveling with my children for a week or so, and thought that this would be the perfect time to publish a set of three poems called Traveling People. This first … Continue reading
INPATIENT
(notes on this poem: I have been in a Psychiatric Hospital twice now. Each time I spent 30 days. Both times I came into the hospital suicidal and very very dissociated. I was so dissociated that it was difficult for … Continue reading
FAR COUNTRY
(Notes on this poem: Sometimes when I walk into Walmart (anyplace really) I will look around at all the people and I wonder who they are… I will stand there and wonder about their lives. Then I will slowly start … Continue reading
20+ THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JONATHAN ALTER
1. I love my wife (even though we are separated and in couples therapy) I love her and always will. Angela does not believe I love her, and for me this is difficult. Like the rest of the world; we … Continue reading
MAKING SENSE
And so I search for meaning A way for me (and the world) To live beyond Brokenness A body that hurts And a mind that is twisted– Fragmented– a going insane mind I search for Christ The nails The cross … Continue reading
A TUMOR IN MY BRAIN
Not long after my son’s birth, around the age of 47, I started to get sick. I was a pastor of a small church in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where I could be hiking on the Appalachian Trail … Continue reading
