surgery – Page 2 – Nicole Herron Writes

New Doctor

Jan 17, 2023

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in anxiety, chronic illness, cognitive distortions, health anxiety, journaling

I’m sitting in the waiting room of a new doctor. New to me, that is. I am a bundle of nerves and anxiety. I worry that this new doctor will be intimidated by my health history or dismissive of my current concerns. While these may be cognitive distortion, I have past experience to back up…

Wellness Wednesday (12/28/22)

Dec 28, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, family, friendship, journaling, perfectionism, social anxiety, Therapeutic Thursday

I know. It’s been way too long since I’ve last posted. A lot has been happening, some of which made typing difficult (2 surgeries) and some of which was just plain busy (traveling and holidays). None of that is a valid excuse though. I really need to get back to a regular habit of writing.…

MIA

Nov 18, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, health anxiety, journaling, travel anxiety, writing

Sorry to be MIA for so long, but life has been complete chaos. The kids and I went on a road trip to visit my husband’s family, which included a short visit to Disney and we came home with a bearded dragon for my daughter! When I got back I’d intended to post a vacation…

Our Rollercoaster Life

Aug 24, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, family, friendship, journaling, parenting, shame, social anxiety, time anxiety

With school starting back up, adding back in our pre-pandemic activities, copycat injuries, and other madness, I feel as if our life is a rollercoaster. I had a great weekend away with my friend. Super relaxing, amazing food, and lots of catching up. We used to see each other almost every afternoon at pickup and…

Covid Day 7

Aug 2, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, family, journaling, parenting, recharging, school

I am at the point where I’m rather bored. I’ve spent the last few days drowning in social media and binge watching Hot in Cleveland, for lack of anything else to do. I’m getting tired of it. I’ve posted a reel each day, updating my “followers” (of which there are about 3 actual followers) on…

Therapeutic Thursday (7/7/22)

Jul 7, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, defective, EMDR, health anxiety, journaling, people-pleasing, perfectionism, social anxiety, Therapeutic Thursday

Wow. My therapist and I have been preparing to use EMDR to deal with my feelings of being defective for months now. We started history gathering way back in February, but life kept popping up and I would need to talk through current issues. We’ve gone back to it periodically, even managing to work on…

Fed Up

Jun 26, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, journaling, perfectionism, social anxiety

Yesterday I got completely fed up with my hair and had my husband drop me off at the hair salon to chop off my hair so I don’t have to do anything to it and it’s still off my neck. The other advantage was getting it properly washed. It’s really difficult to wash your hair…

Help (asking and accepting)

Jun 24, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, friendship, health anxiety, journaling, perfectionism, social anxiety

Why is it so difficult to ask for or accept help? I love to help others, yet I hate needing help. I imagine it’s a perfectionism thing. My brain telling me I’m lacking in some way because I can’t do it myself. Cognitively I know this isn’t true, but it’s there anyway. My surgery has…

Pity Party

Jun 23, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, health anxiety, journaling, social anxiety, triggers, vulnerability

I’m in a funk today. My fingers are fat and bruised (see picture above), my hair is a mess, my brain is fuzzy, and I am irritated by everything. I managed to shower yesterday, which was great, but I couldn’t do anything with my hair, so it just turned into a frizzy mess. This morning…

I stink

Jun 22, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, health anxiety, insomnia, journaling, perfectionism, social anxiety

Literally. I haven’t been able to shower since Monday morning. I usually shower every other day (unless I get particularly sweaty), so you wouldn’t think it would be so bad, but I feel gross. Most likely because I’ve had to wear my glasses the last few days, and they always make me feel grubby. I…

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