Tag: mental health
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What’s Wrong With Being
This week’s thoughts are going to require some context, so please get your popcorn and settle in for a multi-part story. Ready? Great. I was at the gym recently and my coach paired me with a woman I didn’t know well. As she and I prepared for our partner workout together, she said, “I have…
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When The Air Is Gone
Last week I got the wind knocked out of me, which hasn’t happened in years. And I thought, “Wow, I forgot how much this sucks!” But then, you know what’s worse than getting the wind knocked out of you? No? Well, I’m gonna tell you. Getting the wind knocked out of you, but people are…
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Shaggy Hair Do Care
So, I’m trying to grow my hair out. Don’t panic, I’ll still have short hair! I’ll still be confused with P!nk and Megan Rapinoe and the other two blondes in the world (evidently we all look alike.) I’m not going back to the Rapunzel look. At least not yet. I’m just trying to grow it…
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The Body-Brain Disconnect
Yeah, hi. So, I have COVID symptoms from a shot that’s supposed to keep me from getting COVID, even though I’ve already had COVID. And if that sentence didn’t make your head hurt, then clearly you are immune to COVID and all its emotional and mental confusion. I got my second vaccine on Wednesday, and…
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Missing Quarantine
So, it’s been a year since quarantine chaos happened here in Indiana. A year since social gatherings, work trips, sporting events, normal trips to the grocery store, all just halted without much warning. And as life begins to adjust back to being busier and more filled with work than angst, I have found myself thinking:…