Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
On Healing, Dreams, and Emotions
I am struggling today. I woke this morning from a dream I can't remember still somehow feeling sad and melancholy about it. This has been happening to me a lot lately. One of the side effects of the sleep medication I take (a must, if I hope to actually get a restful...
Four Days in a Psych Ward
Just a few days ago, I was released from the hospital after a four-day treatment program for severe depression and suicidal ideation. This was my first inpatient hospital stay of any kind, and while I wouldn't exactly describe it as being fun, it was extremely helpful...
Happiness, That Strangest of Strangers
I felt happy today. So of course it took me a while to recognize it for what it was. I noticed the extra energy first, the increased sense of motivation, the additional drive. My pain levels were the lowest they've been in months. The first half of my morning just...
Fiction
The Transformation
He thought it could never happen to him. But here he was, standing in front the mirror, sporting two, new, fully grown horns about 3 inches in length. His teeth had been reshaped into razor points. And he didn't even want to acknowledge what had happened to the rest...
Coffee Isn’t Just for Humans Anymore
She forgot to buy the coffee. She could have kicked herself for forgetting, but it wasn't terribly surprising that she did. The morning had progressed in anything but a smooth manner from the time her alarm went off to her approach to the office park now. The dog had...
Reanimation
I need to tell somebody what I've done, but I don't know who to turn to. I doubt anyone would believe me. And if they did, I'm afraid the news would get out, and I would suddenly become a specimen to be analyzed and dissected -- figuratively by the public, literally...