anxiety

Dear Sunday night

Oh, Sunday night. Here we are again. Another week, another anxious feeling. Monday looming in the not so distant future. This week will be a tough one, I won’t lie. Everyone home, a holiday week, an alternate schedule. The need to write is urgent and immediate…like, if I don’t get it out, I won’t feel …

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If I leave first, you can’t hurt me

When the anxiety is so palpable, you can hear nothing but your own heartbeat inside of your ears. Your chest feels like it’ll very likely explode with the next way too strong beat. You don’t want to drink more. You know that won’t help! But it does……..until it doesn’t. Until you take it too far. …

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When things go exactly as expected, and the unknowns of the future

Well, yesterday went about as well and true to form as it could have possibly gone. I am happy to report that both of my children were EXACTLY, 100% themselves yesterday when their therapist came to our house. Chaos ensued as promised, and boy did she get a glimpse into the reality of my every …

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