Finding Light in the Dark: The Tunnel (Ep 1)

What if the life you feel trapped in… isn’t actually a life you have to stay in?In this opening episode of Sabbatical or Suicide, Kathleen takes you back to the day everything began to unravel—and ultimately, begin again.Living in quiet depression, stuck in a loveless marriage, and battling thoughts she couldn’t silence, Kathleen wakes up on what feels like just another ordinary day. But within weeks, her world shifts forever after the sudden and devastating loss of her brother, Jim—a loss that forces her to confront questions she can no longer avoid.As grief, identity, and truth collide, Kathleen finds herself at a breaking point:stay the same… or change everything.What follows is the first crack of light in what she calls “the tunnel”—the belief that she is stuck, that she can’t leave, that there are no other options.This episode is about that moment.The moment when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the fear of change.The moment when survival demands honesty.The moment when a new path—however uncertain—begins.Kathleen shares the story not as an expert, but as someone still in it. For anyone who has felt trapped, overwhelmed, or alone in their thoughts—this is for you.Because the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t the illusion.The tunnel is.