To everything There is a season. It’s my time for LIFE. My time to be REBORN. My time to HEAL. My time to BUILD on my life. My time to LAUGH. My time to DANCE. My time to THROW OUT the old. My time to HUG and embrace life and all the special people I […]
I created a special box to put self care items in, or things to make me smile and remember how great I’m doing. My advocate had a few words to describe me and I wanted to share them with you. And apparently I am very determined because she listed it twice. ♥ Katie Butterfly is… […]
I was introduced to the horrifying world of depression, anxiety, and the constant need to self harm at the age of 14. I just turned 28. I have come so far and I am able to work part time again. But, what a lot of people don’t realize is that most of the time, the little bit I’m out living a “normal” life, it can take all the strength I can muster and when I go home, all I want to do is be at home away from the world and work on my self care so I can go out and do it again.
My dear friend has agreed to let me share her story with you for Mental Health Awareness Month. ************************** “I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in an area referred to as the Copper Country. I was in 6th grade when it all began. I started getting really depressed, but my dad didn’t […]
Sometimes I just love doing complete body self-care, clean shaven, great smelling lotion all over my body, putting on a sexy dress, lighting some candles and loving the heck out of my sexy self. That’s my take on healing and loving myself and my body again. Today it feels so freeing and healing. I’m telling […]
“If things don’t get better I don’t want to be around.” I’ve heard these words a lot in my life. They are also words I’ve said and felt myself. That was before I knew there was sun after the storm. That the darkness doesn’t last forever. In the times of my great distress I didn’t […]
****Possible trigger warning. Read with caution.**** “Growing up in a rural area, all of my friends were at least a mile away from me. There were no neighbors. I went to school forty minutes from home until high school, and then it was still twenty minutes to school. I share this because I consider the […]
Last year I sent an e-mail to Susie McEntire (Yes, Reba’s sister) telling her my story, and she responded. At first, I wasn’t sure I wanted to share it as it’s very personal, but then I thought it could help others too. Her words are in bold. Katie, thank you for sharing your blog. See comments below: […]
Dear Katie Butterfly, You are such an incredibly person. So kind and brave. You have been through a lot but you haven’t let that stop you from fighting and keep moving forward. 10 years ago you were barely surviving high school. You were depressed and suicidal all the time. But some how you still decided […]
Whether we mean to or not, sometimes what we think is going to be helpful, is sometimes, well not. This is not meant to offend anyone, but a look into how helpfulness can be perceived by survivors. “I don’t want people walking on eggshells around me or treat me like I’m so fragile that I’ll […]
Sharing my journey of hope.
Memoirs and mullings of an adult survivor
"Let your smile change the world, don't let the world change your smile."
Break the silence. End the violence.
Sometimes, I'm not Jess. Welcome to Dissociative Identity Disorder. Welcome to our integration. Read "About" before anything else.
Moments & Memories Of Special People
Loving God through daily living: family, homeschooling, sexual abuse survivor, chronic migraine, did, sra
Faithfully Authentic
They may see, they might know, but they'll never understand
Do I wish I had never endured depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am
Author of SHATTERED, a memoir of childhood sexual abuse
Tiffani Melia
Breaking Down Mental Health Myths
Sober living in a crazy world
Be Joyful. You never know whose day you may brighten.❤️
always recovering, never recovered
