If you have never been – just like me, this is what an intense group therapy curriculum can look like. 75% of the stuff I have never even heard of before. I like to learn new things, so that is cool. I do have a tendency to be the kid in the back that doesContinue reading “Day 2 – What goes on inside”
Tag Archives: Trauma
Mistakes
I had taken myself off of my Anxiety meds. I think I was in a false sense of security. That I had overcome or “beaten” the need to have them. While I don’t think this is the cause of my breakdown – it did not help. My resiliency was at an all time low andContinue reading “Mistakes”
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Is feeling nothing better than feeling bad? At least when you are feeling down you feel like you have something to conquer. Something to push back against. Today just feels “meh”. I’ve already been more productive than the last 4 days combined. That is a positive. I keep hoping for this magical Fast Pass toContinue reading “Blank”
First Day of Intensive Group Therapy
I learned that every negative leaning thought I have ever had has a name. Woof. I have been putting all of these things to full use this past month. Not taking a single break – Sunrise to Sunset. I have always been an overachiever. Getting a “Name to a Face” so to speak did helpContinue reading “First Day of Intensive Group Therapy”
Getting help hurts
This is one of only two times total that I have ever chosen willingly to pursue Therapy. ~4ish years ago now I got very sick. My heart was swelling, my lungs were not working properly, my brain seemed to be swelling and my limbs would go numb and lose feeling. The doctors never were ableContinue reading “Getting help hurts”
Difficult thoughts – Just the beginning
Omission vs. Lying I used to consider myself a pretty honest person but, I have actually struggled these past few weeks with that notion. I have NEVER willfully lied to someone. What I do/did may actually be worse though. The Oxford Dictionary defines Omission as: a person or thing that has been left out orContinue reading “Difficult thoughts – Just the beginning”
The first steps are the hardest
I have never thought of myself as someone who had Trauma™. If I go back far enough having been forced in, around, and through therapy as a kid – I had disdain for Mental Illness as a whole – it wasn’t as real as they say it is. While at the time I think IContinue reading “The first steps are the hardest”
If you are going to be anxious anyway... 