and I’m not just talking mentally or emotionally, but the real pain and effects that come with depression and anxiety. And yet every time I say that I’m exhausted to the point of my legs hurting, or that my arms hurt, my chest feels like a weight is sitting on it or that I’m...
awareness, and non-judgment. This is everything when you feel like throwing in the towel. You will be aware of the current state you are in, but understand that it is not permanent and thatyou are not your feelings.
If I have learned one thing about life, it is this: Life WILL keep throwing problems your way. How do you clear your head when this happens? We all battle with anxiety at some point or another. You might find thatmanaging anxietyhas become increasingly difficult with so much going on in...
Get him a big boy’s bag. Like a women’s purse, just men’s version or a duffel bag. I’m sure he wouldn’t normally admit that he needs it, but he actually does. Instead of throwing things into your purse, he can now carry his things, and even some of yours, too. Maybe he...
what we avoid we can’t learn from. To move beyond our past, we have to engage in new experiences that often feel risky and generate negative feelings like anxiety (in CBT, this is called an “exposure”). This is how we transform old, unhelpful beliefs at an e...
During this time, my symptoms were worsening. I would pass through days in a daze, feeling clearer only late at night. When the feeling was very strong, my gut sometimes felt like it was contracting or on fire, and I would feel like throwing up. I didn’t know how I coul...
I believe this is all caused by Anxiety, since Im always worried about something being wrong and that it might cause me to throw up, then I get very nausous and just pop gravol like candy until I fall alseep. Then I feel fine in the morning. I havent technically lost weight, but I...
Like I said, this upcoming holiday season is an opportunity to meet this challenge of loneliness head-on. The best way to do that might be surprising — but it also just might be effective. Throwing ourselves into the holiday spirit; finding gratitude, peace, and joy; being festive; andf...
we can really start to challenge the body while still being aware there is much change still happening within the healing tissues. Monitoring the dog during this period is particularly important as they often begin to feel ‘like new’ and can easily overdo it. Rehab exercises can increase in...
people I meet out and about—are asking the same “what’s next” question. For some people, it’s because of national or international events and the way they feel about those things throwing them into a sense that they need to change something. For others, like for me, the “what...