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The Gun Was the Proof
I was 17. My sister, Suzannah, was 15. My brother, Aaron, 11. It was just like any other day. Get up. Go to school. Get back on the bus. Get…
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Trying to Understand if ADHD is High Functioning Anxiety – or Anxiety? And What About Adderall? Does it Fix Anything? And, What Drug Don’t Mix and Mingle with Adderall? What about Benadryl? That’s Not a Problem, Is it? IS IT?
Trying to Understand if ADHD is High Functioning Anxiety - or Anxiety? And What About Adderall? Does it Fix Anything? And, What Drug Don’t Mix and Mingle with Adderall? What…
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ADHD, High Functioning Anxiety, and Sleep Deprivation. What’s the Connection? Could it be… Sleep is the Magical Elixir?
High-functioning anxiety and ADHD are different diagnoses, but they both share quite a few triggers, plus have other similarities. These are two of the most common mental health disorders diagnosed…
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Survival?! It might not be your issue, but it sure is your brain’s priority.
Survival?! It might not be your issue, but it sure is your brain’s priority.Your brain is designed with specific reflexes guaranteed to ensure your survival. Why is it important for…
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Are You Someone Else’s Lifeless Tool?
Concentration.A process by which your mind focuses, thereby acknowledging what is manifest. Contemplation. A process by which your mind embraces that which you have witnessed. Meditation. A phenomenon of being with that which exists,…
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Your Body.
That is Plenty.
Your body provides the spatial framework for you to experience the world and to be part of it.Everything you see, hear, smell, taste and touch forms your experience.It is your…
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Worried about the UNKNOWN? There is no such thing. Nope.
You, my friend, are freaking out over a very specific known. It is the known your mind conjured as what could be. So, if you ‘fear the unknown’, you can…
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As if struggling with the varied signs and symptoms of high-functioning anxiety are not enough, the medications I take for my body’s other troubles add more nasty variety to the mix? Are you kidding me?
No. No, I am not kidding you.
SIDE EFFECTS. Before we get started. Who came up with the tidy colloquialism known as 'side effects'? You know...those effects that are the not-desirable deliverables of the selected pharmaceutical? Big Pharma…
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Doing Your Best Yet You Are Still Anxious, Screwing-up, Afraid of the UNKNOWN…and, Perhaps, Failing? What to DO? Victory Starts HERE: With Your WORD DOMINATION!!
Failures, Screw-Ups and Unknowns… Oh-No! …would make anybody anxious. Right? Think again. Words are so much fun because, well, there are so many of them to choose from. (You…
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Oh, I know You’ve Thought It: I May Kill the Next Person Who Tells Me to ‘BE HERE NOW’.
…WTF. I am HERE NOW. I may be thinking about tomorrow, but I am here now. Okay. I may be thinking about yesterday, but I am here now. __ What…