As a long time suffer of anxiety and self harm, I thought I would share my tips on how I cope with them. Let’s get into it since if you are reading this then you need the tips more than the intro 1. Journal= This is one of my favorite methods. You don’t have to … Read more
I once went to a seminar which was all about “Mindfulness.” The participants were mostly middle-aged or older men and women who looked at each other with squinty eyes as if they were bathing in compassion and delight. I was very young at that time and this all seemed very pretentious to me. They … Read more
Illness, challenges, disability, These are all things that I am familiar with. I went through years of pain and depression, I was debilitated, I couldn’t work, I couldn’t eat, I was taking morphine daily, andI had serious surgery. I now live with the constant reminders of that surgery. But I also live a life that … Read more
Imagine a disease that not only hurts—excruciatingly–but which also takes complete command of our navigational system —- how we think and feel. . Tragically, like a child lost in the night we completely loose our bearings . We do not know where to go or what to do . We are in something we do not know … Read more