Tag: therapy
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A Week in the Life (of a Depressive Episode)
The first step in healing from a depressive episode is recognizing you are depressed. For example, a couple weeks ago: I had a panic attack so bad in the car on the way back from a party that I was literally gasping for air. Then I came inside to have my roommates automatically see something…
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New Year, New Life
With the New Year, people all over are pondering what the previous year has brought us. All the good, the bad, the in-between一be it what it was, 2022 is over. It is now a part of our history. Now we have this new year, 2023. We have no idea what this next year has in…
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No Feeling is Final
This post was written in honor of suicide prevention awareness month. There is something about being in nature that reminds me of the beauty of being alive. I recently went on a hike to Stewart Falls in Provo, Utah. I got to enjoy Provo Canyon’s fresh mountain air, the warm sun on my skin, my…
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To Love Thyself
Shakespeare said in the famous Hamlet, “To thine own self be true.” The end credits song of Mulan tells us we must be “True to your heart.” We hear all the time to just “bee yourself” (that was Aladdin), and I feel like we all want to be. It can be suffocating to not be…
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Lessons Learned From Therapy
After 2 years, lots of tears and debate, and SO MUCH GROWTH, I graduated therapy last week! My dear therapist wanted to play me graduation music, but that is not quite how it works. But it does mean I have finally been able to take the tools I have been given and take care of…
Living the Half Full Life 