Dissociation

Do you think you dissociate? ... allow me to convince you that you do. It might not be as extreme an experience as you may think. Click here to check out the awesome blog I wrote on dissociation for Planet Neurodivergent. It has information about dissociation, symptoms of dissociation, and tid bits of my personal [...]

Therapists Receiving Therapy

I am a firm believef that good therapists receive their own therapy to become more and more self-aware and to never stop growing/pushing their growing edge. My own therapy started many years ago at a very bad time in my life when I thought my anxiety was going to take over and I would have [...]

Wellness … Thursday?

I can't believe it's already December. This year flew by, and for the most part I have been pretty consistent about posting every Wednesday/at least once a week. I plan to continue doing that into 2019. As for this week, yesterday was a pretty jam-packed day for me so I didn't get a chance to [...]

Wellness Wednesday

Not doing much better since my post last night, but I do try to hang on to the fact that there are some days that I do well and that when some things in my life straighten out over the next year or so I'll probably be better able to take care of myself. I [...]

High Functioning Anxiety 10

I spent all of last week in Belize and took this photo at sea. Swimming is one of the few activities that usually calms and grounds me back into my body. Being completely present and not dissociated can be uncomfortable for me, I have a heightened startle response, I find people and things overwhelming. It's [...]

High Functioning Anxiety

I've been wanting to start a series of either blog posts or vlogs about high functioning anxiety and my experience with it for a while, but haven't really had the time, courage, or both. This series will document my own thoughts and journey I suppose, and also hopefully reach other people with anxiety, because I [...]