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Hiding in a Box of Emotions

I was talking with my friends lately about how they handle situations in their life. I was wondering because they seem to be so calm even when they are frustrated or faced with questions. How do you get through each day when you are faced with so much? Struggles and irritations at work wear you down. Maybe home life is not as perfect as you want it to be. If you are like me and start to feel like taking a break from life, how do you get through the day? What keeps you moving forward? Do you box it …

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It is a Symptom of Being Human

I have been reminiscing lately about my life. Thinking about everything I have experienced and how it has shaped my life as it is today. My son was having an emotional episode lately and asked me “Mom, why am I here?” and “Why am I the way I am?” These questions are not easy to answer. Because there are so many ways to answer them. But it was these questions that made me think. I have been trying for so long to figure out my place in this world. To understand why I was in this world. How do I …

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What really is the true cause and affect

I am sitting here listening to the thunder outside wondering to myself, why can’t I just “flip a switch” inside of me and be happy for once? There are days that I just don’t want to be around anyone. Like it would feel so wonderful if I could pause everything in my life just to get a breather. And there are days when feel light and giddy. It is those days I feel powerful and proud. Why can’t I have more of those days? What happened that made me see life so differently? If this is my effect, what was …

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When you need to start talking

I have been hearing many people talk about how a loved one doesn’t understand them. “They just don’t get it.” Or I will hear “they just don’t listen to me.” While these may be true, I must ask, are you talking? Communication is vital when it comes to…well everything. We must have clear communication when we talk to doctors, so they know how to make us feel better. However, we also must have clear communication when we talk to our friends and family. As someone once said, perception is reality. But is it? Reception At my job, I think about …

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Different ways to grieve

As we all get older, we will experience life and death. Watching family and friends having babies, bringing in new life into this crazy world. But unfortunately, we will also experience the loss of life too. Losing loved ones to disease, disaster, crime, and natural causes. Every experience has a chance to teach us more about our life. However, it can also show us how we should live our life. Grieving the loss of family and friends is natural. And everyone grieves differently. There is no right or wrong way. Choices Recently, we found ourselves making the hard choice of …

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Do you know what you want?

How many of you get asked what you want to eat and cannot answer the simple question? Almost like it has all this power and you are terrified of making the wrong decision. Or maybe you are like me, and you like so many different things so you might as well let the other person choose their favorite. That way you don’t have to make the decision at all. But this is just food. What about your life? Do you know what you want out of your life? What about your job? What is important to you? Who’s Story So …

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Are You Hiding in Disguise from the World?

I can encounter anywhere from 20 to 100 people each day as I do about my business. Between family, friends, coworkers, and strangers, so many others will see me. Many will only see a smile on my face. A few may find a blank stare or find me thinking. But only a chosen few will really know what I have on my mind. As we all move about our days, how many of us have become a master of disguises? Hiding behind smiles, the real truth of our mental state. Hiding from the truth Life brings challenges and strain to …

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Now In Pursuit of My Personal Independence Day

Today in America, it is a holiday. We are celebrating the 4th of July also known as Independence Day. And as families and friends gather today to spend time together, many of us are still fighting. Independence Day celebrates the freedom we have to live our lives. But too many of us are still trapped. I am not talking about physically trapped or fighting with weapons or our hands. We are fighting ourselves. Trapped in our minds trying to get a moment of freedom to live. Trapped If you have experienced anxiety or depression, you may have felt trapped by …

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If life had a remote control

You are sitting there watching a scary movie on TV that you have seen before. You just know that any moment that critical part of the bad guy jumping out to take the character away is just seconds away. Knowing that this screen always gives you nightmares, you decide to fast forward the movie just to get past it. Ever wish you could control your life that way too? I know I have. So many times, I wanted to hit the pause button or even the stop button for a little while. What would you do if your life had …

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Are you Attached to the Trauma Bond

It wasn’t until recently that I was able to recognize not only what others were putting me through, but my own actions were holding me there. Part of any healing process is not only understanding what brought you to your mind frame now, but also to understand what your own actions are doing in holding you there. In many cases of depression and anxiety, a bond is formed to unhealthy situations and people. The person attaches to something that they experienced some form pleasure and happiness from. The problem is that this attachment is toxic and holds them down from …