I’m an emotional person, I’m short tempered, feisty, I speak then I think. I’m compassionate and moved to tears for people’s circumstances very easily. I can’t watch animal movies without crying and watching anything on tv or movies where a child is being hurt upsets me tremendously, be it factual or fiction. I’m not very […]
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Daily Snippets 5/02/18 Why does this papercut hurt more than childbirth?
Why is it that small things hurt, yet we can handle hard and painful wounds with apparent ease and fortitude? Why do we handle big things, and decide we are brave, but sometimes the little things cut really really deep and hurt? What am I talking about? Tonight I gave myself a paper cut. It […]
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How you can help someone dealing with anxiety
Anxiety is a difficult mental struggle that can not only feel shameful, but that can also be extremely handicapping. Thankfully, modern society is trying to ease the stigma of anxiety and mental health. It is now accepted for people to discuss their issues openly. More importantly, it has become obvious too that a lot of […]
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I am not here to fit into “your world”
I am here to make the world my own… I think this expression sums up how I feel. I was bored, recently, one evening, waiting for a small child to settle to sleep, doing my usual cruise through social media to see what was happening beyond the four walls of my life, and I came […]
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Lip picking and anxiety. Bad habits and mental health.
People who know me really well, and that is very few people, know that I have a couple of bad habits that tend to betray how I am doing, in myself, and how life is treating me and lip picking is one of those tells. I used to bite my nails, but stopped when my […]
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Anatomy of a panic attack…
This is very raw and personal. I won’t give advice. I can’t tell you I’m an expert on anxiety. I can’t claim to know how to handle it perfectly because I’m still walking the long road to learning how to help myself. Yesterday I had an panic attack. It’s been a while. I know I […]
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When you need valium to go to the dentist…
I don’t like going to the dentist. I am pretty sure that there are actually very few people who are thrilled by the idea, but there are a number of people in the population, who actually have anxiety around going to the dentist and having dental treatment, and I am one of them. In fact, […]
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We all struggle. It’s not a competition…
And no, I don’t need you to tell me why your problem is worse than mine. It is not a competition. I’m generally quite honest and open about my own struggles with parenting, my mental health, and other things. I like to think that if I share, it might help someone, somewhere, realise that they […]
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Please don’t call me…
And I won’t call you… Yup, that’s right. I am not being rude, or maybe I am, but I can explain. I have a reason. It probably isn’t logical to you, but it’s real for me. The problem is, is that I HATE talking on the phone. Truly, truly, I hate it. It brings out […]
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When the stomach bug makes you anxious…
(This is what the virus that causes most stomach bugs looks like. Fairly innocent and innocuous until it hits your system and makes you ill!) No one likes the stomach bug. No one enjoys when it lurches it’s nasty way into your system, and makes you ill, and spreads to your family. It’s unpleasant, and […]
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