Category: Mental Health
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Forever wearing the cloak of invisibility
Yes, I am referencing Harry Potter, but it’s fitting. Why the cloak of invisibility, you ask? Ever since I was little, I always felt like I was so invisible to everyone. I was homeschooled up until 9th grade, so I was pretty sheltered. When I hit middle school age, I made friends from the church…
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Anxiety makes itself present even when you’re happy…
For those of you who have anxiety, you’ll understand this post completely, but those of you who don’t, I’m going to explain what I mean. It started with the wrong person As y’all know from previous posts, I was in a long, mentally and verbally abusive relationship for 6 years. I was belittled in every…
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PTSD Awareness month-It’s real even if you can’t see it
As I have stated before, Mental Health is very real, even if you can’t see it, it’s there. In honor of PTSD awareness month, you will hear the story of my boyfriend, Scotty Rayburn who suffers from PTSD. PTSD is REAL When were you diagnosed with PTSD?Approx March of 2018 is when I was diagnosed…
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Are you enabling someone?
I don’t know how I’m getting these random ideas for blog posts lately, probably because I am quarantined in my house with my own thoughts running wild. Today’s topic is enablers. There are many different kind of enablers. What is an enabler you ask? An enabler is someone who is not helping a situation. It’s…
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Let me tell you bout my mama
I’m not the best at picking out guys, I’ll admit. I’ve gotten hurt by pretty much all of them… I remember what the hurt felt like from everyone of them, but what I didn’t realize until I became a mom was that it wasn’t just hurting me… My mom was right by my side though…
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Toxic relationships can cause PTSD.
Someone told me once that you can’t get PTSD over a toxic relationship. WRONG. Yes you can. Oh boy can you!! I’ve dated some real ass holes (pretty much 90%of who I dated). I’ve been physically abused, mentally abused, emotionally abused and verbally abused…. All of that is trauma… And what is PTSD associated with?!…
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