Category: Health
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No Longer Shrinking Myself
After four doses of my new medication, I’ve already started to feel noticeably better. I didn’t think that was possible because I have read it can take up to 2-6 weeks. But then I googled and realized that a lot of people noticed a difference almost right away (especially if they were in a depressive…
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A Little Bit of Hope
I’ve been seeing my psychiatric nurse practitioner for about a year. I’ve mentioned a few times that my previous PA and my current NP weren’t so sure about the Bipolar 2 diagnosis that I had received years ago. I have also been on so many bipolar meds over the years, and I didn’t feel any…
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Letting Go of Fear, One Minute at a Time
My mental health honestly exhausts me. Monday, I felt so good. I had done a hard hike, spent time in God’s ceration with my hubby, and the weather was perfect. I had a weird night of sleep that night (as usual). I tend to have vivid dreams most nights. I sleep “enough,” but it’s not…
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Back to Wild + Free Mama
I have been working on revamping my blog (again). I let the paid version go because I didn’t want to pay for it since I didn’t make money. After that happened, I realized that I wasn’t ready to let it go. I had a 30% off coupon code, so I paid for the premium version…
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Night and Day
When I wrote yesterday, I felt like I was at the end of my rope. I had a lot of friends praying for me in addition to praying a lot myself. Just since yesterday, my mental health has gotten so much better. I still have some anxiety (and my physical health isn’t perfect yet), but…
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Darkness
These past few weeks have been rough. I feel like all of the struggle is just continuing. It is turning into pretty deep depression. I tried a new medication for my depression, and things just got worse. I had terrible side effects… I was super out of it, super anxious, terrible dry mouth, extremely fatigued……
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Food, Fitness, Grace, Identity, and True Peace
I have had a pretty rough few months. Last week, I really thought I was slipping back into deep depression. It’s hard to put into words, but I couldn’t function. When I have days like that, I assume the worst. It’s hard not to! Through this hard season, I’m learning WHO I am, what I…
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Doing Something New
Robert and I went to one of our favorite coffee shops last night for a little date night. We had our favorite coffee and enjoyed the open mic night. This is becoming a more regular thing lately, and I love it. While we were sitting and listening to people sing (and watching people at the…
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As I Reflect on 2024
Spending some time alone this last morning of 2024. As I reflect on this year, I have had some high highs and low lows. Some days felt impossible. Some days felt as though my mental health had healed. While it’s sad when I realize my brain still struggles some times, my therapist reminds me to…
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10 Questions for Reflection and Discernment 2024
Emily P. Freeman is one of my favorite podcasters and authors. Every year, she puts out “10 Questions for Reflection & Discernment,” and I love to answer these questions each year as a reflection of my previous year and the beginning of a new year. This year has been pretty weird in a lot of ways.…
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