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Something You Don’t Think About During An Active Eating Disorder — Until You Are In Maintenance.

{Short Blog Post}When thinking of an Eating Disorder(s), what long term affects do you think of? Most people would think of the “consequences” of Anorexia such as, hair loss, broken/fragile bones (looking at the image below, and the red dots’ points). But do you think of the Bulimia (orange) points?Like directing you to the Mouth*:… Continue reading Something You Don’t Think About During An Active Eating Disorder — Until You Are In Maintenance.

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Medication 💊

To say I have a good relationship with medication would be a lie.Since being put on medication for my [1st diagnoses] Anxiety and, Depression in 2013, I have been on and off of my medication several times.This is actually not uncommon for those who experience mental health, especially for individuals diagnosed with a mental illness.… Continue reading Medication 💊

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Reviewing 2019: Part 1

Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s 2020 already! For those who read my blog, or for my own personal acknowledgement, it has been a while since I have posted a blog post. I believe my last one was possibly posted in March (of 2019)? I was, for a few months, working on a blog… Continue reading Reviewing 2019: Part 1

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2018 Review

To start, Happy New Year! As 2019 is in full swing, I thought it was finally time to sit down and write my 2018 review of the year. For those who have kept up with my blog, you will know that 2018, was not the greatest year. So why would I want to re-live it… Continue reading 2018 Review

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REMEMBER: Ending DBT

I originally started this blog, talking about the DBT Program I was in. I started posting about my individual sessions, and group topics each week– that is until life caught up with me, and I have not always had the time, or energy to write when I want to. But here we are, the end.… Continue reading REMEMBER: Ending DBT

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A Reflection of Time in Acute Inpatient

  **Some triggering content may be in the following post, please read with care. Sometimes, life throws things at us, at we don’t expect. The last few months have been a real example, as I’ve fallen behind a bit in posting; but a reflection on how the beginning of the year started, and getting back… Continue reading A Reflection of Time in Acute Inpatient

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New Year: Getting Back on Track– How Will You Write Your Story?

If you haven’t read my previous post: New Year: Getting Back on Track– Let’s Catch-Up take a took, as it leads up to the events that had lead up to now, and into this blog post. Trigger Warning:  The following post may contain triggering topics, as it will be leading up to my next post– Please read… Continue reading New Year: Getting Back on Track– How Will You Write Your Story?

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New Year: Getting Back on Track– Let’s Catch-Up

It’s been awhile since I have wrote a blog post, as it’s officially 2018! The last few months of 2017 were a bit of a disaster, to say the least. I wasn’t sure where to even begin to write as I got behind with writing, as school started to pile up, amongst many other things…… Continue reading New Year: Getting Back on Track– Let’s Catch-Up

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Letting Down Walls: 16th One-on-One Session

In my previous post, Building Positive Experiences: Twelfth DBT Skills Group, I talked about Building Positive Experiences, which in other words can mean talking time to enjoy your experiences, take some time for self care; I’m still trying to get back into the routine of school/work/self care, but I know it’s important to do– like taking the… Continue reading Letting Down Walls: 16th One-on-One Session

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Letting Go of Emotional Suffering: Eleventh DBT Skills Group

For my eleventh skills group, we talked about being “Mindful of Our Current Emotions” and using the skill of, Letting Go of Emotional Suffering. . . . It can be hard to even think about letting go of pain, instead of moving forward, when it’s become a habit to experience the pain, and suffer in all of… Continue reading Letting Go of Emotional Suffering: Eleventh DBT Skills Group