What Does Autism Spectrum Disorder Look Like For Me?
This World Autism Awareness Day, let’s make a collective effort to do better. To be more understanding, less judgmental.
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World Mental Health Day | Childhood Cancer
To the family… hearing the words. “It’s cancer,” for the first time. There’s no judgment in making sure you’re healthy so you can keep fighting alongside your child.
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When Your Therapist Drops a Truth Bomb on You
Although I feel like I’ve been hit by a ton of bricks after my therapy sessions, these truth bombs from my therapist are what I need to hear.
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Finally Working Towards Managing My Own Mental Health
I had my first psych appointment Friday morning and she gave me meds to not only help manage my anxiety, but to stop the itch!
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Things I Learned About Myself During the Pandemic
What a year it’s been! This day last year was the craziest we’ve ever experienced. Here are some things I learned about myself during the pandemic.
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Don’t discount their feelings.
Having lived with anxiety for most of my life, I can tell you that the majority of my stress is about what “could” happen.
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When Anxiety Drives Me
Any near miss might as well have actually happened, because in my head, it has. This is what happens when anxiety drives me.
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How Grief Has Changed Me
Y’all, I miss my mom like crazy every day; but I can’t look past the change in myself without her here. I can’t deny the way that grief has changed me.
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7 Months. 7 Doctors. Happy 7 Year Old.
{Note: The various links will lead you back to posts that I wrote along the way if you wish to go back and read through a few. There are more… these hit the “highlights” of her story.} I could have never imagined how this year would go when we rang in the year 2011. Everyone…
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My 7 year old is anorexic?
Anorexia [an-uh-rek-see-uh]- noun – the loss of appetite and inability to eat. Imagine hearing that your 7 year old has anorexia. My SEVEN year old? Just the annotation of the word itself brings fear into any parent’s mind, let alone at the ripe, young age of seven! But, Princess JF has been dealing with chronic constipation since last…
