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Time-Stamped Grief: A Walk Back through My Journal’s Pages

Things That Are Different Since My Mothers Diagnosis Written September 7, 2022 After my session last week, I cried all the way home, which isn’t normal for me. Typically, after therapy I feel more calm and peaceful than when I walked in – even though it’s only…

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How To Be Supportive When Your Partner Has Depression

If you’ve never experienced depression or anxiety for yourself, then it may be hard for you to understand what’s going on if your partner is struggling. Anxiety disorders often go hand in hand with depression. As someone who has dealt with significant depression in the past…

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My Mother Was Diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimers Disease

At 56 years old, my mother was diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Although this day still seems fresh in my mind, I can’t necessarily give the specifics of what the day was actually like. Looking back, it’s all so much of a blur. I’m…

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Lessons After Heartbreak

Just like many other female when they start dating in high school or in college, I had my heart completely broken. And when I say that, I mean I was absolutely BROKEN inside. I truly thought I would never heal again. The severity of the pain with this type of…

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How Therapy Helped Me Become the Best Version of ME

This is How going to therapy helped me become the best version of ME. REASSURANCE I am always validated and listened to without feeling judged. I’ve mentioned it before, and I will mention it again. I know everything happens for a reason. The therapist I have is the one…

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Reminders To Give Yourself When You Are Struggling

When I first wrote this blog post, I had it in my archives with a very different title. I decided the original title might be a bit too depressing, and it may reveal a few things about myself that I’m simply not ready to talk about on my…