I have suffered from mild to severe anxiety for as long as I can remember, and even before I knew what anxiety even was. I have a family history of anxiety. I remember several times as a teenager driving my dad, who looked like he was having a heart attack, to the Emergency Room and…
Read moreBut You Don’t LOOK Sick…
Oh, how many times I have heard this. “You don’t look sick.” I have heard it from friends, family, bosses, doctors, nurses, and random other assholes. But I am sick, and I have been for a long time. When I was a kid, I suffered from severe asthma. You don’t see that business unless you…
Read moreSummer Suckfest 2014
I don’t know what is in the air or the water this summer, but it has been a giant suckfest. I guess I had high hopes for the summer. Actually, I don’t know that I have hope of much of anything anymore. It seems every time I look forward to something it goes it hell…
Read moreA Day that will Live in Infamy…
A year ago today, I felt like crap. That wasn’t really anything out of the norm for me. After spending three years in and out of the hospital without much hope for feeling better permanently, I had gotten used to feeling terrible. But this time, it was a little different. Honestly, I didn’t feel any…
Read moreTime vs. Healing
Someone once said that time heals all wounds. Whoever said this was a sucker. Anyone who has ever been wounded, physically or emotionally, would tell you this isn’t exactly true. Let’s look at this physically. If you get a big gaping cut on your arm, what happens if you just allow time to take its…
Read moreProcrastination Nation
Ah, procrastination. That giant word that becomes the bane of my existence. I am a total procrastinator. Not out of choice, really. Every personality test I have ever taken in life (and I have taken a lot, being a Psychologist and all) puts me clearly into the super-outgoing-friendly-with-the-attention-span-of-a-gnat category. Let’s just say, I have trouble…
Read moreFlight of the Phlebotomists
This past week has been a rough one for me. Actually, most of the last two weeks have been downright awful. I ended up getting sick (again) and landed in the ER not once, but twice, and was admitted for 4 days the second trip. I won’t get into the specifics of that, but let’s…
Read more