It all started with a bad mood and a stronger need to say it out loud.
It started with two very different people trying to make sense of the same world. We’re opposites in all the ways that count—one of us runs on overdrive, the other wakes up already wrestling the weight of the day. Somewhere in the middle of that contrast, we learned that talking about mental health—out loud, without apology—isn’t weakness. It’s survival.
Dark & Bitter was born from that honesty. My husband lives with depression. I live in perpetual motion. Together, we’ve learned that naming your feelings, joking about them, wearing them—literally on your chest—is its own kind of power. It takes the sting out. It takes the shame out. It turns “I’m struggling” into “I’m still here.”