by Jim Stitzel | Feb 27, 2019 | Stories
He sat before his workbench, looking at his heart lying on the workspace before him. The steel mechanism that sustained his life lay open like a book, hinge at the back, clasp at the front (currently undone), gears and other clockwork mechanisms turning and clicking...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 13, 2019 | General
Yesterday was a difficult day, the first I’ve had in quite a while (if you don’t count the panic attack I suffered the first couple days of the year). It was bad enough that I took the first emergency klonopin I’ve needed in weeks. On the one hand,...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 9, 2019 | General
I rise suddenly from sleep, my mind whirling a thousand klicks a second. The vestiges of my dreams cling to me like a vapor — but only for a moment. A moment and it is gone, a breath puffed away in less than a heartbeat. The only thing I’m left with is the...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 6, 2019 | General
From the moment I was hospitalized in 2016 with severe depression and suicidal ideation, when my marriage, my employment, and essentially the entirety of my life crumbled in a burning pile of ash, until my arrest this past May, I had lived with family. I spent the...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 5, 2019 | General
One of the biggest changes that 2018 brought into my life was my professional development. In April I became an entrepreneur, launching my own business. This is something I’ve wanted to do for years, and it was both exciting and terrifying at the same time....
