It’s been nearly a month…

It's been nearly a month since I've last posted on here, my blog. A lot has happened... A LOT. My psychiatrist and I are trying to lower my dosage of one of my medications, the one that I've been on for the longest. After lowering the dose by half, I thought I'd adjust fine because …

The Gift of Fear

  I'm not a reader. Well, at least I never was before. The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker was recommended for me to read by my therapist. My anxiety has only gotten worse in the last decade and with the specific things that I'm anxious about, she figured this book would help me. That's …

Patient Abandonment?

Patient abandonment... I just stumbled across this term yesterday, but never really knew that this was such a thing. It can even have legal consequences and malpractice lawsuits. Like many others, I had a therapist and a psychiatrist who worked together to discuss what was best for my mental health treatment. My therapist, who is …

Five Ways Professors Can Help Students With Mental Illness — Psychology Today

Professors often feel ill-equipped to help students with mental illness. These five simple measures may have a real impact on struggling students. via Five Ways Professors Can Help Students With Mental Illness — Psychology Today

Day 78/100

JUNE 20 What are 10 things that inspire you? My parents My dad inspires me through his personality, his work ethic, and the insane amount of patience he has with everything. I've rarely seen this man angry and when he was, I could tell he hated feeling anything but happiness. He's worked so hard to …

Day 76/100

JUNE 15 Complete a puzzle. I was recommended quite a while ago by my therapist to download an application on my phone named Virtual Hope Box. This app was recommended for me in order to have a distraction for when I start feeling angry or anxious. Its an app that has many different puzzles and …

Day 67/100

JUNE 3 Cut out negative people. It's no secret that I have terrible social anxiety and rarely go out, therefore, I don't necessarily have "negative" people in my life. Someone who I was friends with for a very, very long time was one of the people I had to cut out for my mental health …

Practicality

Practical: "mindful of the results, usefulness, advantages or disadvantages, etc. of action or procedure." Nowadays, I often find myself wondering about time. Usually, it is because it's already Wednesday in April and I still feel like I'm in February. I find myself thinking about how much time I've wasted and how much time I'm wasting …

UPDATE | Mercury in Retrograde

My 100 Days posts have been very choppy lately and, for that, I apologize. So I figure maybe an update is needed. Maybe not. Either way, it would probably be best for me to talk about these things, whether anyone listens/reads it or not. I've been reading a lot about astrology lately and even discovered …

A Different Life in My Head

I do wonder if this is a sign of yet another undiagnosed mental illness. I have a separate life in my head that I frequently think about. Really, it's hard to put into words. I imagine myself, in similar situations, but having different reactions than what I physically express. Right now, I almost feel like …