A Year Has Made All the Difference
Trigger Warning: Discusses self-harm and suicide One year ago, my piece about starting my anxiety medication was published. After struggling…
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Trigger Warning: Discusses self-harm and suicide One year ago, my piece about starting my anxiety medication was published. After struggling…
Continue ReadingThud. I turned and saw my baby on the concrete and gasped in disbelief. My husband reached down as our…
Continue Reading"You're pregnant!" The words I had been waiting for throughout my adult life were finally being spoken to me. I…
Continue ReadingAt 2 a.m., I put the finishing touches on the three-tiered birthday cake. It was perfect. My 2-year-old would certainly…
Continue ReadingI stood on the scale and took a big sigh. This was almost 50 pounds more than two years ago. Fifty…
Continue ReadingI can’t remember a time when I wasn’t afraid. I was scared of people, of speaking, and even of being…
Continue ReadingIf you had known me for the first 45 years of my life, you would say I was an extrovert.…
Continue ReadingFive years ago, the broken woman I was could never even fathom in her wildest dreams putting the words that…
Continue ReadingI never used to have a fear of the dentist. Growing up as a child who struggled with sensory issues…
Continue ReadingI was always warned about postpartum depression. I was prepped by my midwife. I had the pamphlets. I was ready.…
Continue ReadingAnxiety tries to convince me I'm never doing enough. It tries to convince me that things will always feel out…
Continue ReadingAnxiety. Depression. PTSD. Bipolar disorder. The list of mental health disorders is quite long. And every disorder has its own…
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