So, to conclude Mental Health Awareness Week (Even though we should be following through on this daily). I wanted to give you guys a follow-up on some things I have went through, how they are impacting my mental health and what I am doing to fix them. First thing, I realized about a year ago…
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Mental Health Writing Exercises
A few weeks ago I went through a really dark phase. One that I needed to open up to a few close friends in order to find myself help. In that time I was also given exercises in order to work my brain and try to clear out some thoughts. So I want to post…
Chronic Pain and Mental Health
Chronic Pain takes a toll on the body. However it takes a toll on the mental aspect as well. So not only are you in pain, and suffering other related symptoms to your illness. You start to suffer mental symptoms as well. Now, to be clear, it won’t be everyday that the symptoms appear….
Sleep Addict
Lately my sleeping pattern has been all over the place. While I was originally worried about this, I have realized my schedule has been continuously changing and dealing with Fibro and all the other issues I have, I know this is not a good idea but it was something that was inevitable. So because…
Sunday Fun Day: MRI
Sunday April 28th, I had a doctor’s appointment to go to the hospital for another MRI on my back. The only difference with this MRI VS my other MRI’s is that this one was the first one post-car accident. My other MRI’s were done before the car accident. But knowing by the Xray images have…
Job Worries with Chronic Pain
So, this week I have a job interview with a company I REALLY want to work for. And by far, I think I have a chance. It is a seasonal job. However, there are some negative aspects that come out of it. They give you a list of dates you are needed to be at…
Struggle of explaining Health
So the word has been out for a while, where I finally decided to switch Dance Coaches and to get someone better for the needs I needed on the ice. While the switch was pending for months prior, the actual switch came in (end) of January 2019. My biggest fear was having to explain…
Stress Triggering Fibromyalgia Symptoms
So basically this past few weeks with my mental health and my physical health I have been undergoing loads of stress. Add us getting a new (lovely) manager at work, plus finals and new classes starting at school…well I have had a hard time trying to keep everything together. Because of everything else, the stress…
Insomniac Zombie
Good Evening…or Morning…? So it is close to 1am and I am still nowhere near sleepy. Instead, I feel like I’ve been hit with a frying pan and slowly becoming a zombie. This is the second night IN A ROW… I have been suffering from insomnia. While last night I wasn’t doing much. Instead…
Drained.
So, I have been drained lately. If you read my previous post (Bursting Sponge) you would know. I don’t know why that is. It could easily be the pain taking a toll of my body. Or finals approaching. Schedule changes. Even a mixture of all the above. There is one thing that has caught…
Bursting Sponge
This week has been a brutal week. I’ve been absorbing everything like a sponge for too long and I finally burst. There was a while ago when I brought up the topic, “Depression, Suicidal thoughts without wanting to harm.” This is still the case but the intensity of wanting to self-harm has been…
End of Season
It has been over a full week since I ended my 2018-2019 Figure Skating year. This was also my 20th season on the ice. As you all remember last season was a disappointment after coming off from a season high the year before. Well, this season didn’t start off so good. And to be honest…
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