“If your stomach hurts, you might think the culprit is some misbehaving organ in your abdomen. That’s a definite possibility, but the offender could actually be your brain. Yup, just like chest pain, abdominal pain can be physical or mental.” (Self.com) This is a very common symptom of anxiety. So why am I including it …
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“Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.” William Shakespeare, Othello How are you tending your garden these days? Do you water it and prune it regularly? Or is it overrun with weeds, its blossoms chewed up by bugs and wilting? I’m not sure if I’m writing this post more for me …
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“Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man’s venom poisons himself more than his victim.” (Charles Buxton) Boy, could I write a book about being cranky. It’s a miserable feeling to be in a bad mood all the time. For one thing, I think it is …
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“I’ve always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.” (David Benioff, City of Thieves) Sleep is sometimes our most-needed medical tool but, for many, can be the hardest to …
Are you taking control of your health? “You can’t change your situation, the only thing you can change is how you choose to deal with it.” (Unknown) Truth bomb time. You cannot choose to have depression or anxiety or any other mental health condition. If you have them, you cannot change the fact that you …
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“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.” – Glenn Close My biggest goals of this blog are to create all of those things. More sunlight. I want to show others that there is a light in the darkness. And sometimes it is cloudy a good long while before the sun …
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons What is your favorite book? Could you even pick one? What makes it your favorite? My current top 5 are: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García …
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TW/CW: This post is about eating for depression and anxiety, and how you can use food to nourish your body and manage some of the symptoms. If food/eating is a sensitive topic for you, proceed with caution. What is your favorite food? Have you ever taken the time to think about whether or not it …
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“I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying …
7 Types of Rest— Which One is Going to Help You Feel More Emotionally Well? Read More »
“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” — Audre Lorde Self care is just that. An act of survival. It’s not always chocolate and bubble baths, although those things can help. It’s not spa days, even though they feel good at …
