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Everyone Unraveling the process layer by layer

Each person is different, and yet the same. We each laugh and cry. Everyone feels and thinks. It is how we handle and process each event that differs. There could be 5 people impacted by the same event, and each will process differently. There is no right way or wrong way. But there is a healthy way and a damaging way. Just need to pull it back layer by layer. Same and Different I have lost family members in my life over the last 10 years. Experiencing grandparents and my father leaving this earth has made me realize how I …

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What if you are just Shadow Boxing with the Future

It is the simplest two words that can cause such chaos. It will start you questioning everything and learning nothing. Two words that can stop a person in their tracks. Fill them up with dread and leave them with thoughts that don’t stop. Two words, “What if”. Just two words that can have you beaten up in a shadow box fight with the future. Shadow How many times have you been faced with a big decision, buying a car, investing in a home, moving, or changing jobs? And when you finally get the courage to make the move, suddenly those …

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My fight of the daily quiet revolution

Don’t you wish you could control life like you control your TV? When you experience depression, anxiety, moments relating to ADHD, bipolar, or anything else relating to mental health, there is no stopping it. Your life has now officially changed. And the only thing you can do is manage it so you can live your best life. Caring for your mental health is a lifelong dedication, much like caring for your physical health. Just some battles are much quieter than others. Every day I fight battles that no one knows about. To me these have become annoyances. But they didn’t …

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The strength in “I can’t do this alone”

I was talking with my Mom recently about family members and how prideful they are. Prideful in not asking for help or acknowledging they need help. For centuries, mental health had developed a strong negative stigma that too many still refuse to talk about it. And the first step in any recovery will always be the acknowledgement that help is needed. When someone lives in a life for so long it is not healthy, it is very difficult to see the need for help. Life becomes safe from an unknown world. It is not that we don’t want to make …

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Are you mending your mind over the edge?

It is an overwhelming need. A desire to have it all the time. The feeling, the experience, what makes everything fade away. Addiction controls and damages everything in its path. And I don’t know if there such a thing called a healthy addiction. Can addictions mend a mind already over the edge? Identification Addiction is very difficult to overcome. “Once an addict, always an addict.” But…there are ways to push past and find yourself on the healthier side. That first step, accepting you have a problem. Nothing can happen unless you want it to. You want help, to feel better, …

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How does it really affect me?

Stress, it is a silent killer. How the world is right now, it is hard pressed to find anyone that doesn’t have some kind of stress. No matter what stress you have going on in your life, without management, it can kill. It will take strength and determination, but accomplishable. How do you allow stress to affect you? Mentally Stress can impact your mental state very easily. Being faced with negative changes, will make a person start down a depression path. When I was faced with changes at work that reduced my work significantly, it was easy for me to …

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The 24-Hour Reset

Ever think, “can I just have one day to not have to worry?” Life throws so many challenges it us every day, it is easy to get caught up in the burden. And you feel like all you need is just one 24-hour day to not think about all of it. Just one simple day to enjoy life instead of arguing or crying. Sometimes that is all it takes, like a 24-hour reset to your mind. I have always said, please check on all your friends and family whether you think they are struggling or not. So many people can …

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Who moved my peace of mind?

Doing the same thing every day and night. Expectations met and a level of comfort develops. We are habits of routines and similarities. But throw one wrench into the mix and suddenly the blocks all fall down. Move one little piece of our little corner of the world and confusion ensues. Change is never easy to handle. No matter if big or small, it is a disruption in our storyline. Not just to our routine, but to our peace of mind. Now My family is going through changes now. With some time, I was able to pursue a new career …

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Look around, You are not alone

My life lately has been full of stress and frustration. Every day I was trying to find just a small piece of … well peace. Nothing was working. Anytime I smiled, I was faced with another stress. And I was not able to see an end to the darkness. But recently, I had something wonderful come into my life. And just as fast, I felt better and lighter. What I wasn’t expecting was my family to say, “The house feels lighter now.” I didn’t realize how much I affected my village. People When we are faced with depression or anxiety, …

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How anxiety can actually be good

My husband is getting ready for a race this week. Just a month ago he was excited with a little nervousness. He was bright-eyed about the chance to get out on the dirt and do what he has dreamed of doing.  But as the days got closer, the anxiety built up. And now we are only a day away from the race itself and he is wound up. All he needs now is to use his anxiety in a positive way and enjoy his race. Just one way anxiety can be good. The Good Most of the time anxiety can …