Blog Physiological Symptoms and Emotions. 17 Nov 2022November 19, 2022 Do you physically feel your emotions? Does anxiety make your chest tight or stomach upset, or anger make your face feel warm and perhaps even turn red? Physical manifestations of…
Blog Blue Moon Sick Day. Can’t Catch A Break. 6 Aug 2021April 4, 2022 Once in a blue moon, I'm not feeling well enough to work. Those are extremely rare occasions and mostly I can power through most anything physical and mental. For the…
Blog Mental Malfunction – When The Brain Doesn’t Work As Intended 16 May 2021May 28, 2021 Do you ever walk into a room to grab something and then forget what you came in to grab? Misplace your keys, though you put them in the same place…
Blog Bad News, for Life. What’s the Prognosis, Doc? 15 May 2021April 4, 2022 Don't ever assume you know what a doctor is going to find or tell you. I'm the queen of guessing what is wrong with me. The problem is, I'm usually…
Blog So Much Pain. It Hurts to Blink. 3 May 2021May 28, 2021 Every time I moved in my sleep, my pain woke me up and I involuntarily did a sharp intake of breath. This in turn woke my husband up each time.…
Blog Hashimotos, My Answer to Prayer? Say What? 15 Apr 2021May 28, 2021 Most people when I tell them I have Hashimotos, they look at me sideways, as they don't know what I'm talking about. Or they look at my lovely colorful hair…
Blog… Control the Panic, ERP 5 Apr 2021May 28, 2021 I did my first try at the exposure therapy (ERP) today and drove to my church and parked outside. My anxiety was through the roof and my chest hurt pretty…
Blog… Easter Didn’t Kill Me, but it Might as Well Have 5 Apr 2021May 28, 2021 Easter is hard for me. I feel guilty for ever feeling bad when people talk about Christ’s suffering. Maybe guilt isn’t the word, it just feels so much more than…
The Obsessively Anxious 