I had a mild-medium anxiety attack this morning. I never know to gauge those. If I say it was mild, does that mean it didn’t really happen? If I say it was extreme, does that mean I can’t say anything was worse than? I type this as I’m on spring break. Although breaks are great […]
Read More Anxiety’s Inherent Truth-EditingFor the longest time, I perceived no rhyme nor reason to my anxiety. It came and went us unpredictably as the wind.
Read More Know Your Triggers | How to Manage Darker DaysI’ve always been a messy goodbye-sayer. Dormitories where I hung my hammock, trailer homes that shook with the morning stroll, a basement bedroom next to an overly active washing machine…sure, I’m a lover of places. But of course, the pain of leaving is evoked by my torn heart strings wound around those lovely people.
Read More Why Good-byes are the Worst (but Not)This is part four of a series on how I manage my anxiety. Read the introductory post here. I’ve been dragging my feet to write this post, because I don’t know how. It’s like the most important part. My friends are fans of the hypothetical. I’ve been asked the following question several times, but I’ve only recently […]
Read More Reality in Christ | How to Manage Darker DaysI thought it was a waste of time. I didn’t say that with my mouth, but I said it just as clearly with my face and posture. It was a school-wide program and I was apparently the only one that hadn’t been properly initiated through a two-day-download of information. And so, with a very reluctant […]
Read More Chosen ReactionsMaintaining meaningful relationships amidst anxiety is both extremely difficult and extremely necessary. It’s difficult because when anxious, we often push away those closest and whose care we need the most. It’s necessary because often the only people who can lift our spirits and talk us out of it are those closest to us. I’m running away from that which can help me.
Read More Meaningful Relationships | How to Manage Darker DaysCountless credible sources report that exercise helps ease anxiety (see here, here, & here). Turns out they were right. After a whole lot of trial and error and starting over and over and over…I’m four months into the most sustainable healthy lifestyle I’ve ever had.
Read More Exercise & Nutrition | How to Manage Darker DaysDon’t crazy people go to counseling? Isn’t it admitting that you’re like mentally ill? Besides, loved ones say that it isn’t a good idea, because aren’t we just having issues because we don’t have enough faith?
Read More Counseling | How to Manage Darker DaysMany are reluctant to express a struggle for fear of being labeled. “I mean, yea I get super worried, my thoughts race, and I can’t function sometimes, but I don’t like, you know…have anxiety.”
Read More How to Manage Darker Days“If you decide that the way you do things now are perfect and you never attempt to improve yourself again, well then yea, you’d turn into a pretty awful teacher, but I don’t suspect that happening.”
Read More Why You Should Keep Trying Even When You Already Failed II
