Tag: anxiety
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Requiring Water
Do you have any unusual things about you that others don’t seem to understand? Or maybe they don’t realize how serious it is, and you feel misunderstood or maybe just a bit foolish? For instance: I require a lot of water. And I can already see your eyebrows drifting slightly in a “Really, Ashleyne?” direction.…
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It’s Still Here
Oh, excuse me, I didn’t know anyone was in here. I was just looking for somewhere to hide for a minute.Do you mind if I join you? I’ll be quiet, I promise.Thank you.Hmm? Oh, no. I’m okay.I’m just…well…I’m depressed.But that’s nothing new, so don’t worry about me.Please, you looked like you were doing something important;…
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Back to Work
Is it me, or does it always feel like there’s a better way to do everything? And it’s just out there, waiting. Waiting on Tik Tok, waiting on Life Hacks, waiting in your friend’s brain for you to ask…waiting. I have started a new job, which is great, and that job has 8,347 tiny little…
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Help Me Help You
Have you ever thought about how weird it is that we don’t like to accept help? It shouldn’t be that complicated, since we need help. I know very few people who would say, “I never need help, and I could not benefit in any way from the assistance of others.” Like if we all need…
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Decisions are the Worst
Jennie Allen, one of my favorite authors/speakers, recently posted this on Instagram: Her main point was that we are all in an incredibly gray area of life where no good options exist. We’re making dozens of impossible decisions every day. The most common one is this: go out and potentially risk your (and others’) physical…
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FOFMO
I have a pretty serious case of FOFMO. What’s that? You’ve never heard of it? No, it’s not a typo. You’re thinking of its highly publicized cousin, FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out.) FOMO is an emotional state in which a person feels like they are either being left out of a fun thing or are…