Overcome
I knew I wasn’t breathing. Holding my breath while knowing full well what the diagnosis was, but choosing not to believe it. I nodded anyway and stretched out my hand.
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Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water
I grew up with three basic principals: eat your salad before your dinner, work hard every day, and always save your money. While these are very, very important principals, practicing self-care could have helped me better should anxiety in my adult life.
Mind Games
I heard a queue for my part of our meeting to start so I pulled out my laptop, shakily. I was having a hard time focusing, but I was determined not to let the panic win.
Doctor, Doctor Give Me the News
My ailments are symptoms. They are my body telling me something is “off”. It’s o.k. to FEEL them and not expect a quick fix. It’s hard to allow them to be felt and to allow them to pass through me. But now I am open about talking about them and I am open to trying all of the tools in my medical tool belt before I succumb to frustration or a tiny little pill.
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Tagged a mind of your own, anxiety, control, depression, diagnosis