How Beta Blockers help with anxiety and panic attacks
Earlier this year I started taking a Beta blocker which helps my anxiety TREMENDOUSLY. I do have to say that when I first started taking it, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to continue taking it. There were a lot of unpleasant side effects in the beginning but after about 30-45 days …
Where is YOUR Safe Place?
When anxiety strikes, or just plain stress strikes. I often lay down, or simply relax and clothes my eyes and go to my “Safe Place” in my mind. One safe place I chose was the room I used to have therapy in. It works sometimes, sometimes it just brings bad the bad memories I had while …
Sorry for no recent blog post :( Therapy update
Hi everyone. Sorry I haven’t been posting as regularly as I once was. I have a leather journal post on my phone that I’m currently transferring from way back in August and September that you’ll see in the next week or so. I was journaling every day as part of therapy but got discouraged when …
Essential tips for surviving holiday stress
Psychologist says that, stress is rising in people. According to a survey, half of people are reporting that stress is having bad impact on their professional and personal lives. However holidays can be a time of joy, bliss, and elation, but they sometimes bring additional stress with them. The following tips are intended to help …
Journal: (Graphic) Reliving rape over and over
I keep thinking about a memory when I was about 12 or so that involves my mom and my uncle who raped me many times as a child. I remember walking into a conversation about how he would treat me like I was his own child and I wasn’t sure why he was saying that. …
Journal: Waking up again in a panic from a dream I can’t remember
11pm you gotta be fucking kidding me. That is a time I woke up all sweaty and in a panic. My hair is soaked. My head hurts. I woke up with my eyes closed not wanting to know what time it is. 11pm. Sigh. I have no idea what the dream was. I didn’t go …
Journal: Thursday September 1 – Victim Notification Alert received
Well last night around 11pm I get a Vine notification that Richard (The man who killed my 23 month old son) is being released next Thursday I expect that to be changed again. I was upset last night. I wasn’t in panic mode but I was deeply sad. So after an hour I decided to …
Journal: Wednesday journal 8/31
I slept really good last night maybe because I was really tired last night. It was a long day yesterday. Today is going to be even longer. I didn’t have any dreams last night that I remember and didn’t wake up feeling like I did. Just got back from therapy and I feel triggered in …
Monday Night Journal: What a crazy day it was!
Monday night journal: Today was a very long day. I am exhausted. Today came with new challenges in my business that I have to deal with really quick. I started a Google adwords campaign to try to get new clients through my website and didn’t realize how much work I should’ve done before running the …