About a month ago my dad was informed his place of employment would be closing their doors in the near future. Therefore, I started looking online for jobs that may interest him, just to help him out. In doing so, I came across a listing that sparked my interest....

Ok, be honest… how many of us think or have thought anxiety is fake? Up until this past year, I was one of those people. I didn’t understand the term “anxiety” and I thought it just went along with depression like peanut butter goes with jelly. I would just...

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). People worry and people become afraid, but when the worry takes over your life and you become obsessive, you then enter the world of GAD. What does GAD look like… for me? It is the constant worry that shakes me to my very core. My...

Let’s not bore each other with this “new year, new me” nonsense. You know I’m not going to change, and I know I’m not going to change. But what I can do is work on accepting that. It’s January and I am more exhausted, stressed, depressed and anxious than...

Over the last four or five months, I’ve had a few people reach out to me about anxiety, depression, OCPD, bi-polar, and one of my favorites, “going batshit crazy.” My advice to all of them has been the same, “Have you tried counseling?” Over fifty percent of the answers...

Today is the first time I’ve recognized I’m in mania (more specifically hypomania) and have expressed it to others. We are having a family hayride/cookout this weekend and everyone was responding what they would bring. Just reading the messages brought on my anxiety and heighten my feelings of agitation...

Ten years of being married. Jacob and I said our wedding vows ten years ago. Legally, we were married. According to the church, we were married. The rings on our fingers said we were married. But I was no wife. I was a monster. How in the world, and...

One word. A made up word, but my word. Insomnianxiety. Every. Single. Night. Am I having real chest pains and that is causing my anxiety, or is my anxiety causing me chest pains? Am I having a heart attack? Am I having a panic attack? Do I have COVID?...

Am I enough? Am I doing enough? It’s been a week from hell- the anxiety and feelings of guilt. With two sick kids, I feel guilty going to work and not being at home; when I stay home with them, I feel guilty not being at work. I feel...

“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” You’ve probably seen this quote on Pinterest, Twitter, or Facebook. Perhaps you hit the Like or Share buttons. Maybe, like me, you smiled and kept scrolling. But my thoughts on this quote have changed a...