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Why so bendy?
In my younger years I had quite a few body contortionist tricks. My favorite one was doing a backbend and then walking my hands through my legs and having my body follow until I was laying on my stomach. I can’t do that one anymore, but I can still pop my shoulder out of place…
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Excuse Me Brain, What Did You Just Think???
Intrusive thoughts. If you know you know. Unless you don’t know. If that’s the case, here is a great definition of intrusive thoughts: “Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts, images, impulses, or urges that can occur spontaneously or that can be cued by external/internal stimuli. Typically, these thoughts are distressing (hence “intrusive”) and tend to reoccur.…
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A Mother’s Perspective
Special Guest: Our Mom I have 4 amazing daughters. It has been a privilege to raise them. For this blog, I will write a little about what it is like as a mother to have children with mental health challenges. My first daughter to show signs of depression was only in 6th grade. Going to…
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“Is It Depression Or…”
Here’s a fun game. It’s called, “Is It Depression Or…” and this is how you play it: Experience vague symptoms like fatigue, low mood, feeling overwhelmed, and/or general malaise then ask yourself, “Is it depression, or am I feeling this way because ________”. You can fill in the blank with all sorts of options. Here…
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When Clothes Overwhelm
I have clothing sensitivities. My girls, Bug, Bear, and Butterfly (Bug, Bear, and Butterfly are not their real names, but they are young and I want to respect their privacy) have clothing sensitivities. My grandma had clothing sensitivities. Let’s just say it runs in the family. I struggle with clothes that squeeze too tight, and…
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Hidden Superpowers
What if invisible illnesses were superpowers? If that were the case, my superhero name would be Anxiety Girl and my superpowers would be anti-procrastination and over-preparation. Have an essay due? I start working on it weeks in advance. Packing for a trip? I’ve got tampons for years. I developed these superpowers very young in order…
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How I got diagnosed-Missy
Hypermobility By the time I was 5, I had dislocated my elbow 3 times. The last time I remember well. It was a few days before my 5th birthday. I was playing ring around the rosy with a friend. We spun too fast and too hard. I stumbled and he didn’t let go. My elbow…
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Rae’s Diagnosis Story
Whenever I ask my parents if I was a difficult child they say I was a generally happy kid and well behaved, but I definitely had my hard moments. They believe those moments generally came from my struggles with anxiety. In first grade I would cry everyday before school and frequently went home with an…
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Our Origins Story
Our family is more than familiar with invisible illness. It runs deep in our family as far back as our grandparents and even our great grandparents. Our parents, being aware and a product of this family history, have always been open about mental and physical health struggles. When we came to them with our struggles,…
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Depression and Me
If Disney made an Inside-Out style movie about me, one of my islands could very well be titled “Depression”. While I have other diagnoses and, of course, other salient aspects of my identity, depression is part of how I became the person I am today. Depressing, isn’t it? I was diagnosed with “clinical depression” when…
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