"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." -Socrates A couple of weeks ago, I shared about having to change psychiatrists and my concern for what that would entail. It wasn't as terrible as I thought it'd be. Actually, it was quite …
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I'm seeing a lot of posts featuring "unpopular opinions" so I decided would create my own! I've found that unpopular opinions seem to be more common than first thought, haha. Water tastes good I can't explain it, but I LOVE the taste of water even though it "doesn't taste like anything". I don't drink soda …
I know how easy it is to get stuck in the negative circular thinking and self-talk. When I say I'm resting, I'm often not resting in the slightest bit. I may not be doing anything physically demanding, but my brain seems to be going a million miles per hour, which can be absolutely exhausting. So...for …
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"I’ve gone through withdrawals of my medications before. To describe the feeling: I feel like a monster, completely aware of what is happening around me, but unable to control my reactions. I sit in the shadows and watch. I can understand what I’m doing, but I don’t have the ability to interfere." I took this …
I've been thinking about this for the last week. School is starting on the 27th for me and I'm doing 4 classes (12 units - full time student). I'm also going to continue to work as much as I can. But this is where the anxiety of school & negative self-talk starts. I love school …
Tuesday August 21st This is only the second day of taking all of the vitamins & supplements that I've listed on my previous post, but I will briefly list them again: Vitamin D3 Resvertrol Alpha-Lipoic Acid DHA/Omega-3 Coconut Oil Tumeric Daily Multi However, I have been taking Vitamin D3 and Resvertrol for about a week …
I was never one to consistently take daily vitamins or supplements; I'm not sure why. I remember as a little girl my parents would give me the Flintstones vitamins. I loved those things! But that is the only time period in which I took them daily. Once I started getting further into Neuroscience and Neurobiology, I …
For the past week or so, I've been going through a major detox. My body is in shock and my mind is trying to not drown with it. I've gone from a sugar and carb-based diet to a gluten free vegan diet. I was raised on sugar and processed foods, and never fully came out …
JULY 25 What have you learned in the past 98 days? Are you happier? Although yesterday was a difficult day for me, overall I am definitely happier. The past year or so has been filled with an unusual amount of stress and anxiety. That's definitely mellowed out quite a bit since moving out of my …
JULY 22 What are your priorities at the moment? Do they need to be changed? This is funny because I'm in the process of changing my priorities. Since I've now figured out what my diet should be, I'm switching over to a gluten free low cholesterol vegan diet. Like I said....I am now a rabbit. …
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