Do your part: Coronavirus + Social Conscience. Learn how YOUR decisions can SAVE LIVES. About seven weeks ago, I was considering skipping my friend’s birthday party. It won’t be more than 10-12 people, I thought, shouldn’t be too bad. This was before everything was “shut down” and every other word in most conversations was “virus.” I’ve been following international news about coronavirus almost obsessively, since the beginning of the year. My anxiety levels were through the roof. The minute we pulled up to the restaurant, I wanted to turn around and go back home. We eventually walk inside, and the place is packed. Throughout the entire hour and a half that we stayed, I felt almost as if I was going to drop dead right there on the floor, at any given minute. I’ve always been a germaphobe, always found large crowds to trigger feelings of both anxiety and claustrophobia. I mean… add a possibility of an infectious disease to the equation, and things can get bad, quickly. So, we’re sitting at the table waiting for the birthday girl to arrive. All I see are people dancing, bumping into each other, touching. You really don’t realize how much you touch […]

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Raise your hand if you’ve ever told yourself “stop it!” in hopes that your racing thoughts would slow down. raises hand I’ve had anxiety since I was about 15 years old. There were some bad times, some better times, some horrible times when my anxiety was paired up with crippling depression, and then there were some more good times. For a few solid years, I really felt like my anxiety was under control and I loved NOT being constantly afraid or worried. I made so many changes in my life- I cut everything and everyone out of my life that didn’t make me happy. Things were going great. Then, after losing my grandmother right before Christmas in 2016, I was drowning in grief and nothing’s been the same since. I think that I lost a huge chunk of who I was that day. Suddenly everything, life, became real. Almost too real for me to handle. More things to worry about. Not having enough time in my lifetime. Not being able to say the things I want to say to the people I love. Sickness. Losing loved ones. Not getting to bring all my dreams to life. Fear followed me everywhere. […]

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