Everyone who knows me well understands that I am anxious. I live with a chronic anxiety disorder. Now, we are in the midst of a pandemic, which means that my anxiety is even higher than it normally is, but I am not alone. We are all in a sort of anxiety state. COVID-19 has been [...]
What do I want in a therapist? I don’t know what I want in a therapist. When I first started therapy, I had no idea what to expect. My therapist was an older woman, and I’ve mentioned her before on this blog; she was kind, and she listened more than she talked. At the time, [...]
Is it me or is it anxiety? I can't tell. I'd like to say I knew the difference, but that wouldn't be true. Anxiety has a way of holding my mind in a trap. It can't get out or even move. It wonders and obsesses over one thought over and over again, a feedback loop, [...]
There have been times when I have been at a loss as to what was going to help me. I was depressed, having passive suicidal ideation, and feeling like things just weren't getting better. My panic attacks were daily, and nothing seemed to help. I tried everything from going to a Reiki healer to an [...]
Free floating, heart racing Trying to make it through this one minute Knowing there will be many more minutes, seconds, hours, days and years or something along those lines and I'm hungry but for the wrong emotions I can't be right today or is it today? I'm not sure if it's today or tomorrow or [...]
