I got my url at a really rough point in my life. I was going through shit with  my ex after being cheated on, I was flunking my classes, and I was just in an overall depressed state. I had lost about 20 pounds in a couple months and just was not good at all

I picked the-rising-tides for two reasons. first off it has a direct correlation to the ocean and the ocean is a lot like life. at that point in my life the tides were rapidly coming in, swallowing all the open beach in it’s path. If you have ever been at the beach when the tides come in, it is really unexpected. all of a sudden one wave will come racing in and wash out all of your belonging, taking them to sea. that is how I felt like my life was at that moment. everything was rapidly closing in and washing me out to sea.

the second reason is my state of mind at the moment reminded me of A Prophecy by Asking Alexandria. In the song they say “I should’ve known the tides were getting higher. We can still survive, They think we’re drowning, But our heads are still above the waves.” I was in a deep, dark place and this blog was one of my only escapes. It was a release for me and allowed me to keep my head above water even though everything was trying to pull me under.