Today has been a week of realizing and, eventually, accepting that my general anxiety level has risen to ridiculous levels over the past few weeks. For a little while, around the time that Sondra started getting sick I started having a lot of problems with depression — lack of motivation, feelings of hopelessness, extreme sadness, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mindfulness’
Permission to Abort Operation Anxiety
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, conflict, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, forgiveness, irritation, love, meditation, mindfulness, obsession, obsessive thinking, obsessive thoughts, OCD, panic attack, sacred self, self-esteem, willingness on July 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Radical Acceptance of Fear
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, control, DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, fear, love, mindfulness, obsession, panic attacks, radical acceptance, relationships on April 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My inner self-critic has been working overtime lately. It has led to a lot of anxiety, leading to tummy problems, sleepless nights, crying spells. Granted, life has been a bit stressful lately, but DAMN. I hate feeling this way.
Of course, I need to start doing something about this — panic attacks are just no fun [...]
Work and Play
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, employment, finances, home decor, mindfulness, music, plants, PTSD, radical acceptance, relationships, self-soothe, willingness on March 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The weekend has officially started. On Fridays I work such a short day because of over-time earlier in the week that I don’t really count it as a weekday. For example, today I’m going to work 9:30 – 3:30 with 30 minutes for lunch. Can’t beat that with a stick.
I have a co-worker in another [...]
Gimme a Break
Posted in Daily, tagged Bipolar, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, mindfulness, music, PTSD, radical acceptance, sleep on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This was written yesterday…
I have a shit-ton of radical acceptance to practice. I am having a hard time accepting my current activity level. I have to walk a lot (I mean A LOT) at work and at the end of the day, my legs hurt, my feet are swollen and aching, and my back is [...]
w00t w00t!
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, effectiveness, employment, happiness, Health, love, mindfulness, music, PTSD, radical acceptance, sacred self, self-soothe, weight loss, willingness on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing like a lack of blogging to make one think. Or not think, for that matter. I have spent the last month pretending like my new job is not stressing me out. Part of me thinks that this job can’t possibly be stressful, because that would mean that I am symptomatic. Well, that’s just not [...]
Giving New Meaning to the Phrase “TGIF”
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, conflict, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, diet, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, employment, Health, mindfulness, music, PTSD, radical acceptance, sacred self, self-soothe, willingness on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hallelujah, baby…it’s the weekend! And I’m not sure where my cell phone is, and that’s ok. I’m not worried about the stupid things my clients might do, the 2 a.m. crisis calls I might have to field, the irate landlords calling at 6:00 a.m., or the local hospitals blowing up my phone 24/7. I know [...]
A Healthier Year
Posted in Health, tagged diet, exercise, Health, mindfulness, music, sacred self, self-soothe, weight loss, willfulness, willingness on February 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There’s nothing like a visit to the doctor (a walk-in clinic, nonetheless) to make one think about the decisions one makes regarding diet, exercise, bad habits, and medication. After two serious bouts with bronchitis, sinusitis, and laryngitis within a matter of a few weeks, I am thinking about quitting smoking. I am fairly motivated and [...]
The Pieces Fall Together
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, employment, finances, happiness, hope, independence, joy, love, mindfulness, music, organization, PTSD, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self-soothe, sleep, willfulness, willingness on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been horrible about blogging, so far out of my past routine that it seems as if that time was in a past life. In a way, it was. Life is totally different now. My outlook, my goals, what I know, what I want and don’t want. There is a clarity to my thoughts [...]
Glorious Day Off
Posted in Daily, tagged building structure, DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, effectiveness, happiness, hope, independence, joy, love, mindfulness, music, organization, relationships, self-soothe, willingness on December 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Today, Matt and I both have the day off. This in itself is fairly rare. To add to the gloriousness of it, we don’t have our day jam-packed with things to do. We are going to be people of leisure. I told him that there would be no housework, no errands to run. I managed [...]
Brain Dump
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, forgiveness, guilt, happiness, hope, independence, joy, love, mindfulness, music, nightmares, PTSD, radical acceptance, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self-soothe, sleep, trauma, willfulness, willingness on December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For the final 118 minutes of today, Saturday, the 27th of December, year of our Lord 2008, I am going to not care about what anyone thinks of me. I have spent far too much time today consumed by it. I am also not going to worry about that which I cannot change, which I [...]
