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Motherhood
February 4, 2020
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Your Kids Don’t Need a Perfect Mom, They Need a Healthy Mom

There’s a common saying making its way around social media—kids don’t need a perfect mom, they need a happy one. I only halfway agree with this…

Motherhood
January 25, 2020
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I Wish Someone Had Noticed My Postpartum Anxiety

“Have you been depressed or thought of suicide?” The question rolled off the doctor’s tongue, and I smiled and shook my head on cue. I had…

Motherhood
January 20, 2020
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Mothering With Anxiety One Hard-Fought Moment at a Time

I have always been a little scared of being a mom, and at times, terrified. It makes a lot of sense. I’ve got GAD, OCD, and PD and some other…

Baby, Motherhood
November 23, 2019
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Battling the Darkness of Postpartum Depression

I felt it coming . . . that dreaded fog slowly rolling in. As my new baby lay peacefully sleeping on my chest, I felt it creeping in. Instead of…

Motherhood
October 22, 2019
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Mommy Has Anxiety

Mommy can’t play right now, honey, she has anxiety. I know you want me to help with your puzzle, but my mind is all fuzzy and distracted and I…

Living
September 28, 2019
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Taking Medication For Depression and Anxiety is Not the Easy Way Out

Medication for a mood disorder is “taking the easy way out”. Those are actual words I have heard in reference to people taking medication to help…

Faith, Motherhood
July 31, 2019
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Postpartum Anxiety Could Have Been My Undoing, But God Made it My Redoing

Isn’t it funny that after you kill a spider you instinctively look for another one? Suddenly, you are aware of the eight-legged danger that might…

Marriage
June 9, 2019
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Loving Me Through the Storm of Anxiety

The note stuck out from a crack in my steering wheel, folded just so and placed right where you knew I would find it. I opened it gently, and my eyes…

Motherhood
March 24, 2019
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To the New Mom Hiding Her Anxiety: You Don’t Have to Circle “A”

“I have been so unhappy that I have been crying” A) No, never B) Only occasionally C) Yes, quite often D) Yes, most of the time…

Baby, Motherhood
March 12, 2019
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A New Mom Can Feel Blessed and Thankful and Still Battle Postpartum Anxiety

My hands are blood-red as I turn the water as hot as I can stand and pump out what’s left of the soap. I’m here at the sink again frantically…