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Wellness Wednesday (5/10/2023)

May 10, 2023

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in anxiety, cognitive distortions, journaling, mental health professionals, people-pleasing, perfectionism, shame, social anxiety

Therapy today. I have felt lately that I haven’t been getting a lot out of therapy and that it’s just another box I tick off each week. I have no idea going in what I will talk about and as I pull up random things, sometimes a nugget or two emerges. But for the most…

Wellness Wednesday (02/22/2023)

Feb 22, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, chronic illness, cognitive distortions, defective, gothic romance, grounding techniques, health anxiety, journaling, mental health professionals, writing

It’s been a rough week. First off, I found out that I am, indeed, paranoid. The IUD is in place, according to the ultrasound. Though the PA that shared this with me left out the part in the report about it “abutting” a fibroid. Apparently that’s insignificant. Following that news I’ve continued on a downward…

Wellness Wednesday (02/15/2023)

Feb 15, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, chronic illness, church, cognitive distortions, defective, health anxiety, journaling, mental health professionals, shame, social anxiety, vulnerability, writing

Today has been a busy day. It started with a sonogram appointment to check the placement of that darn IUD I regret getting. On Monday I checked the strings (which no one told me to do, but all of those websites that my husband didn’t want me visiting recommended doing) and they were much longer…

Therapeutic Thursday – 5/5/22

May 5, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, EMDR, journaling, mental health professionals, social anxiety, Therapeutic Thursday

I didn’t have therapy last week, since I went on my daughter’s field trip, so today we had two weeks to process. I went in feeling pretty good about myself and the progress I’ve made in recognizing cognitive distortions and my own need to give myself permission to recover from socializing. But somehow, my therapist…

Breathe

Sep 30, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, mental health professionals, parenting, social anxiety

No Therapy today. My counselor had a workshop to attend. But last week she left me with the task of working on my grounding tools. Things like the five senses (5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can feel, 2 things you can smell, 1 thing you can taste),…

Self Care

Sep 8, 2021

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, mental health professionals, middle grade books, pandemic anxiety, parenting, social anxiety, social stigma

Wednesday mornings have been for walking with two of my friends. But this morning started with a nasty thunder storm, so that got canceled. I was definitely disappointed, but I’d designated today as a “self care” day and gave myself permission to not fill that time with busyness. I did manage to do my 20…

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Wellness Wednesday (02/22/2023)

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