Anxiously Blogging

“I do it to defeat the anxiety monster that seems to be lingering around the corner each morning when the alarm goes off, telling me how unprepared I am for the day."

“I do it to defeat the anxiety monster that seems to be lingering around the corner each morning when the alarm goes off, telling me how unprepared I am for the day."

The crashing sound of my alarm goes off in the morning. I get up in a foggy hazy to read that it’s 5:00 am.My mind immediately races to all of...
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People aren't really thinking about you.

People aren't really thinking about you.

People aren't really thinking about you.    One thing that used to make me anxious was worrying so much about what other people thought.    Anyone else? Can you relate?  ...
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Whether you can, can’t, don’t want to, or won’t turn your creativity into a business...just keep creating.

Whether you can, can’t, don’t want to, or won’t turn your creativity into a business...just keep creating.

Life was simpler when reduced to a collection of vices and the paycheck that fueled their financial stability. While sinking into that duality, depression and anxiety were natural reactions to...
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Making the switch from eliminating anxiety to finding peace with it.

Making the switch from eliminating anxiety to finding peace with it.

My story, not so pretty. Most of my life I denied my anxiety. I kept it from everyone so that nobody thought anything was wrong with me. (And let’s be...
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Conscious Crisis

Conscious Crisis

Conscious crisis. Sounds a bit ominous but when two trained nurses giggle and make googly eyes over it, you know it can’t be that serious. Well, to tell the truth...
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Taking A Leap

Taking A Leap

As an adult looking back on my life, I realize I have always been an anxious person. This thought came to me recently, because as a kid I would have...
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"Anxiety is like cholesterol. There’s the good kind and the bad kind.”

"Anxiety is like cholesterol. There’s the good kind and the bad kind.”

Months before I started AC, I was one panic filled gal. The most simple adventures (grocery shopping, meeting a friend, walking in the park... even window shopping) suddenly became unachievable.My...
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