Anxiety
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Challenging Communications
I’ve come up with a new goal for my Midlife Challenge project — something that stresses me out just enough to push me outside of my comfort zone, but also sounds like it could be fun. Ultimately, it will help me grow. I’m going to reach out to people I’d normally feel uncomfortable speaking to. Continue reading
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Rx Nature
Nature has always been my sanctuary. When I was younger, I made it a priority to immerse myself in it—whether hiking through trails or parking in a quiet spot to soak up the stillness. A few hours outside could lighten my heart and reset my mind. But things changed after I became a parent. Those Continue reading
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Damned Epiphany
I think my kid is having anxiety attacks and it breaks my fucking heart. Tonight she was throwing a full on tantrum. She wanted to watch her show but every time I turned it on, she’d start screaming. So I would turn it off. She’d start screaming more. We continued in this fashion for about Continue reading
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Daily Prompt 11
What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony? Personal harmony? My anxiety. I can remember having panic attacks as early as three years old. It was my sister‘s hula hoop that set me off. Hiding under my blanket, wishing for the noise of the marble in the tube to stop. At the Continue reading
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Constant Anxiety
I am struggling. I find my teeth are hurting from constant grinding. When I am not grinding them, I’m holding my jaw so tight while concentrating on not allowing my teeth to touch each other, that it’s starting to make my jaw hurt. I just finished day 5 at work. That may not seem like Continue reading
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More Improvement with a Random Review on the Side
Today, I progressed with cleaning up my house by cleaning out my dining area and the tops of my cabinets in my living room. I have found that when you have a toddler that can’t certain items for safety’s sake, it becomes very easy to let things pile up in high places. Such as those Continue reading
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Confrontation: No thank you!
Well, the conversation went well with the dog sitter. For background, the 17 year old that was watching our dogs while we were out of town last week had multiple kids over, one of which stayed the night. Her boyfriend. We have this one dog, he doesn’t like new people. He gets angry and aggressive. Continue reading
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Back to Reality: Post Vacation Stress
This life is crazy and the ups and downs are difficult to take. Yesterday, we got back in town early. Everything was good until we started to decompress. My husband and I ended up in an argument. It was no surprise given we were coming down from vacation cloud 9. Ultimately we worked through our Continue reading
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A Flaw of the American Transcendental Belief System and Where I Am Now
It’s interesting. I’ve studied the Transcendental Movement back in high school and college. Never have I looked deep enough to find the inherent flaws in the system. It was a subject that was always glossed over by my teachers. I’m sure anyone that is reading this with extensive education in the subject will already know Continue reading
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Riding the Rollercoaster
This week has been so up and down, I’m exhausted from it all. Yesterday it all came to a head and I was forced to deal with it. My kid woke up early. I know I had one hour of solid sleep. but then I laid around in a daze for 2 hours while she Continue reading
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