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What works for you?

Others on Facebook are posting that they are feeling trapped with this “Stay at home” to avoid getting sick.  I posted about changing wording.  I call this time to regenerate and try to learn Spanish...

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Mental wellness tips

I am always on the look out for healthy Mental wellness tips.  My sister found this in a group and I felt it appropriate to share here because the author encouraged sharing.  This is one of the helpers...

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A day of Rest

Yes, I know the whole world feels like it has rested for more than 2 weeks.  This is about taking a day of rest to be.  Seriously.  My counselor observed how hard I worked everyday to get better....

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Toxic Shame

A friend posts excellent stuff on line for CPTSD.  One of the topics that I struggle with is toxic shame.  https://blogs.psychcentral.com/psychology-self/2019/01/toxic-chronic-shame/  Hard thing is...

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What if…

What if you don’t know what is wrong with you.  I first noticed that there was something different about me when I was a teenager.  I listened to my friends talk about crushes, school, and family I...

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Personality Quizzes

Chatting online one of the concerns brought up are the personality quizzes.  I took several. One I took was mandatory because of the type of medical test I was having.  (Checking for epilepsy; no, I...

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10 rounds with PTSD

Spent the last 10 days wrestling with what shot my PTSD into over drive.  Sleepless nights, anxiety, isolation, fear, raging anger, too sick to exercise, stuffing emotions with food.  Finally figured...

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Resetting boundaries

Quarantine was a natural boundary.  No one comes in and no one goes out.  Boring but predictable.  Things are opening up some places but with a new restriction or boundary.  You have to wear a mask....

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Off to work I go

This week I started working at work for 2 days.  Most people would think, “Why is this post worthy?”  First off, my contract doesn’t start until tomorrow.  I was called in early.  I offered to come in...

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4 F’s

One of the struggles I had was the whole Fight or Flight concept.  I didn’t run but I didn’t fight either.  I felt like a worm or a doormat.  The whole concept seemed to be lost to me.  Then I read one...

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