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anxiety, its a thing in teenagers too!
I am Bug, Missy’s daughter, who also has anxiety. For me, anxiety isn’t just one thing. It is different for different situations. Ex: in school, anxiety is more of a stress thing, I worry about whether things are going to get done and get done well ( proof, 4.0 GPA first term). Am I using…
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Toxic Perfectionism
“C’s get degrees.” I heard this phrase when I was in college. And it felt like blasphemy. I mean, yes, it may well be true that for some degrees you don’t need to get A’s and B’s. But I can tell you that this mindset goes against everything my brain says is right and good.…
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Pollyanna
This is going to be the first of a series of posts Amelia writes over the next couple of weeks. Pollyanna, written by Eleanor H. Porter, was first published in 1913. For those unfamiliar with the story, it is about a girl named Pollyanna (shocking, I know) who is orphaned and sent to live with…
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My Emotional Distress Animal
As I was heading into my house from the car one day, I saw a lady with a puppy (I live in a condo, so the garage is a little walk away from my house). My first thought was “Wow! She has a really cute puppy!” Then she came up and asked me if I…
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I DO IT MYSELF!
When babies transition to the toddler phase of life they tend to develop a new phrase; “I do it myself!”As a parent sometimes it’s adorable, like if they pick out the Spiderman t-shirt with the princess dress and snow boots as the outfit-of-the-day. Other times it’s enough to drive you to insanity, like when they…
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The Evolution of Self-Care
I recently got my first hair cut by a professional in over a year, and the first time I’ve had it colored in over 5 years. It felt great to get pampered and do something for myself. Why did it take me so long? One is financial. I don’t feel justified in spending so much…
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Amelia’s First Therapy Experience
I had to go to therapy while in junior high. It was not exactly something I was particularly thrilled about. And not just because of the anhedonia. *ba dum tss* At this point in my life I had been on medication for a few years and my parents had already taught me “How to Live…
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The Fourth Trimester: My Postpartum Experience
Postpartum. The word that everybody says but the thing that nobody really talks about. I feel that we don’t talk about the postpartum period because there are so many different aspects of postpartum. Many of the aspects of postpartum are deeply personal or things that are not “proper” to talk about. Like having a sore…
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Rae Goes to Therapy
I thought I would give you all a little update. Since my post about intrusive thoughts, I decided it was time to go to therapy. The more I researched OCD and intrusive thoughts, the more I suspected that I had OCD. I made an appointment with my primary care physician and he referred me to…
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In Which I Am Grateful For A Cold
Recently, I found myself in bed for several days as I battled a cold of some sort (not COVID, I took a test). This was a nasty cold that I did my best to NOT share with those around me. I had fatigue, sore throat, congestion, cough, and general malaise that clearly were caused by…
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