Category: travel anxiety
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Is that you, God?
Friday night I took my daughter to the Good Friday service at our church. To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have gone if she hadn’t asked to go. I’ve been pretty emotionally drained and being in public didn’t sound appealing. I would have preferred to watch the live feed online. However, it was important to…
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Anxiety Overload
My anxiety is in overdrive this week. My husband went to a convention out of town last week and got back Monday night. On Tuesday one of the friends he spent a lot of time with tested positive for Covid. He took a home test and it was negative, but got a PCR just in…
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Therapeutic Thursday (3/10/22)
Last week I chaperoned my kids’ field trip, so I didn’t have therapy. So we spent about 20 minutes catching up on all that had happened in the last two weeks. I told about coming home from the field trip to find that my husband had done tons of work moving furniture in anticipation of…
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COVID anxiety
Covid seems to be invading our lives even more than any other surge. Sunday we found out that our kids’ ELA teacher tested positive. Then Tuesday morning we got a notice that a friend in their class did as well. And even more concerning was the email that someone in the cast of the show…
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Therapeutic Thursday Thanksgiving Edition
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Today has been a very low key day. Due to the holiday, I did not have therapy, so I’ll have to use this blog as my therapy. My kids and I went to my sister’s house over the weekend and celebrated with her family, my brother’s family, and my mom on Sunday.…
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Ultimate Exposure Therapy
What scares you? I’d say some of my biggest fears these days involve social interactions and yet also being alone. Strange, I know. I like feeling secure with all of my “people” by my side. I feel comfortable when my whole family is under one roof. But that doesn’t mean it’s what I want all…
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Therapeutic Thursday (10-14-21)
It’s Thursday again! This week has gone by quickly. My kids had Monday and Tuesday off from school, which made this week fly by. Monday the three of us went to Topgolf and played for 2 hours (son’s pick), then on Tuesday we went to the zoo (daughter’s pick). If you recall, my anxiety over…
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Metacognition
Do you know what metacognition is? Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “awareness or analysis of one’s own learning or thinking processes.” I’ve been doing a lot of that the last couple of days. Yesterday I started reading The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown, which was recommended to me by my counselor on Thursday. Only…
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Overwhelmed
I’m feeling so overwhelmed today and I’m having a hard time grounding myself in the here and now. I thought maybe blogging would help. Yesterday I woke up with the same headache I’d had for several days and my voice was going. On top of that, I started smelling smoke (like when my husband cooks…
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Being honest
I have to admit that I have not been completely open and honest with others. Not even those closest to me. My husband hears about my struggles with my friends and family, but I don’t tell him about how his actions make me feel. I may complain to my aunt or mother in law about…