Category: Anxiety
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Avoidance Creates Anxiety
It started out relatively small. For reasons related to trauma, I have harbored a deep-seated distaste for country music and a hatred of Valentine’s Day, both of which have taken ownership of significant chunks of my life. How did something so little grow to consume such a big portion of my life? Easy…the answer is…
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Truth Bomb
I have a birth defect that tries to kill me every so often. All last year, I dealt with serious health issues. I couldn’t eat and then I had to make a radical change to my diet that I later found out needs to be permanent. I am learning to manage a condition for as…
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Depression and Anxiety Lie
For the longest time after encountering trauma, I lived a reactionary life to the lies rumbling around in my head. I had been told nasty things about who I am as a person, called despicable names, degraded, humiliated, and treated sub-human. I lived in fear and I had low self-esteem due to the rampaging tornado…
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Living with Courage (and Anxiety)
Change. This word strikes fear into even the bravest among us. We have faced so much change in the world since March 2020 and we are destined to face even more as individuals in the future. Every desire we have within us requires forward progress to reach our goals and in so doing, our lives…
Wisdom from the Trenches 