Elyssa Maridueña
Bio
Raised in Ecuador and Mississippi- she is a dichotomy of sorts. Her work history covers everything from human services, to teaching ESL and reading tarot. She's wildly bohemian at times, loves to frolic, bring joy to others & to write.
Stories (4/0)
Burning Art
The ghosts from my "closet" attacked me and tried to eat me, alive. All of my overlooked emotions, fed up with being shoved to the corner for ages, surged up in all their vengeful power to haunt me. My body, unable to fend back, fell ill, and took the metaphor of bleeding itself out, a little too seriously. I seriously needed to start expressing this internal battle within me onto something external; so that my body would quit wanting to manifest everything physically...
By Elyssa Maridueña6 years ago in Psyche
Pain Is a Catalyst for Joy
A few years ago, I found myself in my apartment bedroom crying on the floor. I was looking out of my window, up at the moon and wondering why my life was falling apart. I felt grief and sorrow, as if someone had died, but the truth was that several parts of me were dying that night. That was the week in between me breaking up with my ex-fiancé of three years and me quitting my job which I found to be soul-sucking and very unethical. Yet looking back, there have been several times where I have thought to myself: "That time in my life was one of the best things that could have ever happened to me." I have genuinely felt grateful from the bottom of my heart for having gone through that experience. Even though it was gut wrenching when I lived though it, it was one of the most liberating moments of my life!
By Elyssa Maridueña6 years ago in Psyche
