Author: emotionalsupportsisters
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The “What If” Game
Some people can get away with playing the “what if” game and come out okay. Those people tend to be optimists. “What if something remarkable happens today?” “What if I land the job of my dreams?” “What if I met someone today who would change my life?” That’s not how I play the “what if”…
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Writing instead of Talking
When I’m under stress I lose my train of thought easily or have a hard time coming up with the words I need. Stress can come from anything: something exciting, something scary, something painful, something important, etc. Writing my thoughts down helps me process my emotions, and remember everything that I need to communicate. Now,…
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Pick Your Battles
Today’s blog post is going to be the shortest blog post I have ever posted. Why? Because I am saving my energy to fight a different battle. I am working on an appeal for a denied preauthorization for an antidepressant medication that my doctor recently prescribed. It’s a new medication, one that I haven’t tried…
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Laundry
Laundry. I feel like it is a necessary evil. The easiest solution is for everyone to become a nudist and then there would be no more laundry. I don’t think that it is the most practical solution for a myriad of other reasons. Frostbite comes to mind. When my kids were younger I just did…
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Individual Experiences with Anxiety
Several years ago, I had an enlightening conversation with one of my sisters. We were commiserating over our common experience of living with anxiety. Amelia: “I don’t know what to call it when that happens. It’s not really a full-blown panic attack, but it’s like an anxiety attack.” Jessica: “Oh, you mean when a massive…
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PMDD
I, Missy, was recently diagnosed with PMDD. I’m going to share a little of what I’ve learned, and my experience experiencing PMDD. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is the severe, more debilitating version of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Both are experienced in the 1-2 weeks leading up to the start of menstruation or in less medically formal…
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Levels of Functioning
I have found a pattern in my experience of depression. Ok. I’ve found many patterns. I’m only going to talk about one of them right now. It’s a pattern that is rather difficult to convey using only text, since the way I generally talk about it goes something like, “I’ll be going along here *gesture*…
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Unschooling
Last week we went on a cruise. It was wonderful, relaxing, and warm. We got home late Saturday night. Sunday night Butterfly spiraled into school anxiety. Some comments included that I don’t like school. School is hard. I can’t learn. The kids are mean. The whole week we were on the cruise she did not…
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Don’t Give Up
Trigger warning: This post is focusing on suicide prevention. I hope to do so in a way that will not be triggering so I don’t harm the very people I’m trying to help. This is difficult. And, I feel, very important. Today, I called 988. This is the number for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.…
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Decision Fatigue
Decision fatigue. For a mom with executive function difficulties making decisions gets overwhelming. What are we having for dinner? What do we need to buy at the store? Should I clean up so and so’s mess or make them do it? If I make them do it how much help will they need? How long…
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