“Right now I am in a class for Psychological Pharmacology and I have never worked harder on any class in my life. I am not doing well. It’s my last semester so I can’t drop the class if I want to graduate. Last week I spent 6-8 hours a day studying and going to class just for this class. It’s affecting my work for my other classes.
And it’s affecting me.”
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“He may have been old and sometimes cantankerous when I knew him but these memories coming to mind, reminded me of the deep love he had for his family and how he was always there whenever we needed him.”
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“Mental health is a scary issue for many people. There is so much stigma attached to many of the diagnoses. Adults frequently are afraid that they will lose their jobs if anyone finds out. This leads to not getting help, and not being able to talk to anyone about their mental health isolating them from the world. Which in turn, can lead to more mental health issues like depression and anxiety. ”
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“. . .there is one bright spot in this COVID world that should have all of us with special needs family members rejoicing.”
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“I was really hoping to able to get my son into special needs summer camps this year. Last year I enrolled him in some at the local community center, and things didn’t go well. So I’ve moved on to other camps that specialize in children with special needs. I was really excited as I found some really cool ones that bill themselves as camps for kids who can’t go to normal summer camps. They are staffed with medical professionals to deal with medical issues that could arise. I was SO excited to find them. One would even take my daughter too and my husband and I could have a mini-vacation!”
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“The problem with avoidance is that, that thing, that place, that person? They are still there taking up space in your psyche. This creates more anxiety and it becomes a vicious circle, creating a monster out of a molehill.”
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“As a parent with a special needs child, we are expected to have a medical degree, multiple therapy degrees, education degrees, degrees in nutrition, psychology and more. (I’ll be able to claim the psychology degree in a few months.) At least it seems that way when we take our child with Autism to the doctor or consult one.”
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again that one of my favorite things about writing is that I have writer friends who write books and they need people to tell other people about their books. I’m going to share with you 3 new books- Skedaddle, Tune It Out, and The Price of Admission.
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“I’ve been feeling like a failure lately. My anxiety has been going full force. I’ve taken several steps backward with my mental health. And I keep asking myself why I can’t just pull myself out of it. ”
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“I want to introduce you to my friend who we will call Jessie.
Now that she is gone, I think she wants you to hear her story about her mental health too. Because she has a story that needs to be heard.”
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