internal monologue – Nicole Herron Writes

Grilled cheese and anxiety soup

Jul 15, 2025

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in anxiety, cognitive distortions, exposure therapy, hiding, imposter syndrome, INFJ, introvert, journaling, lessons, mental health, motivation, parenting, people-pleasing, perfectionism, personality, social anxiety, socializing

My husband has friends that are extroverts, so he gets invited to things from time to time. He notified me on Friday that he had been invited to an annual Girled Cheese party (long story on the unique name) for the next day. The idea behind the party is that everyone brings a unique grilled…

Stupid brain 😝

Apr 26, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, health anxiety, introvert, journaling, pandemic anxiety, parenting, theatre

Why are brains (particularly anxious brains, or at least MY anxious brain) so stupid? Why do they jump to conclusions that make zero logical sense and create worry where there doesn’t need to be any? Today was my son’s band field trip. I had volunteered to chaperone and of course regretted the decision as the…

Bad Mood

Dec 11, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, parenting, shame, social anxiety

I’m in a bad mood today. Everything is annoying me and I keep snapping at my children, which annoys me and I snap some more. It’s a vicious cycle. I told my kids that I don’t know why I’m in a bad mood, but the truth is, I do know. But telling them would just…

Be a blessing

Sep 28, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, remodeling, social anxiety

I’ve noticed I’m the least anxious when I’m doing things for other people. I may have mentioned that before. I’m not sure if the reason I’m happy is because I’m making others happy or because I’m distracted from my own worries. Either way, I decided to look at my to do list as how I…

Cognitive Distortions

Sep 1, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, friendship, pandemic anxiety, social anxiety

Last week my therapist mentioned Cognitive Distortions and said she would send me a list of them so we can discuss them at our next session. I got the list on Sunday and not only do I personally resonate with several of them, I can also see some in friends and family. However, the assignment…

Separation Anxiety

Aug 23, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, pandemic anxiety, parenting, school, separation anxiety, social anxiety

As if social anxiety wasn’t enough, I’m realizing I also have quite a bit of separation anxiety when it comes to my kids. Maybe it’s just an extension, rather than something separate. I seriously feel like a kindergarten mom these days. My kids are in 6th grade! Of course, it’s a completely new experience to…

Distraction

Aug 5, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, friendship, pandemic anxiety, social anxiety

Yesterday started out rough. The text from my friend yesterday kept replaying in my head and I found myself curled up in bed, crying. We had no plans for the day, so I could have easily spent the whole day cocooned inside my anxiety and depression. But I didn’t want to do that. So I…

Self Help

Aug 3, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, pandemic anxiety, phone anxiety, social anxiety, Social Anxiety Challenge

After listening to an episode of Your Social Anxiety Bestie in which she interviewed Ellen Hendrikson, author of How To Be Yourself, I immediately purchased the ebook. So much of what Hendrikson said in the interview resonated with me. In particular, when she talked about people that have social anxiety being able to be actors…

Illogical

Jul 11, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, social anxiety

Wouldn’t it be nice if feelings were logical and could be charted as nicely as the above photo? I try to logic my way out of my anxiety and it never works. For example, today was a church day. For months now, we’ve watched worship at home on the live stream, then I take the…

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