To repeat the famous words of Ron Weasley, “are you mental?” Yes, I am… mentally ill that is. For me at least, there is such a bad feeling around the words “mentally ill”. They seem so deprecating, critical, and derogative. The image that come to my mind when I picture someone who is mentally ill …
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These are10 things I do and/or have done when feeling anxious. Tell me if you’ve tried any of these or let me know what you do when you are feeling anxious! 1. calming environment Our environment affects us more than we may think. I know that if I am in a very busy or noisy …
I still have the bruise… I was doing an obstacle course at a friend’s house one time and I’m not going to say I had a good time. There is always a balance portion in any obstacle course and this one was a “tight rope”. It looked more like a two-by-four to me, but I …
Cereal for breakfast, grilled cheese for lunch, and spaghetti for dinner. That is what a typical day looked like for me eating-wise. I saw no problem with it and truth be told I DIDN’T KNOW there was a problem with it. I mean ignorance is bliss right? It wasn’t until I noticed how I was …
I am not like other people. I love chocolate too much, bugs really just freak me out, I’ve always dreamed of having a wrap-around porch, and things that make other people feel better don’t always make me feel better. In that regard, I see a lot of people who have struggled with anxiety and depression …
I have a secret. This secret is one of my tried and true tricks that I use all the time. Life with depression sucks and more often than not it doesn’t wait for you to catch up. Meaning, you know how some days or weeks are just horrible and uncontrollable? You wake up crying in …
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Just the other day, I went the whole 24-hour period without eating chocolate. Seriously? Seriously! Quite literally I eat chocolate every. single. day. When you think about it though, it’s pretty easy to. I used to eat M&M’s, cereal, candy bars, miniature chocolates, brownies, cakes, cookie dough, ice cream, nuts, granola bars, pancakes, pudding, chocolate …
I’ll be honest… before I had depression I had no idea what it was really like. Here are what a few of my assumptions were: –Depression is just sadness, but on a more extreme level. –Something happened to someone or they went through an experience that put them in this state. –After so long you …
I was newly twelve when I had a hit-by-a-ton-of-bricks experience that I can’t seem to unbury my mind from. It was Sunday morning at church and all the young girls had filtered into our designated classroom filling it up so entirely that we had to wrap extra chairs against the outside walls. I don’t remember …
I can’t do this. I am not strong enough. I am weak. Why can’t I get over this? How long is this going to last? This is too hard. Why? What is wrong with me? I can’t do this for the rest of my life. How am I going to get better? Those were some …