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Let Me Tell You a Little Story About Anxiety #blogginggroove

brandyellen — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:33:16 +0000

The pain of walking into a store alone, it was so real. To this day I can feel the depths of the dagger that twisted into my stomach with the mere thought of walking into a public location alone. I recall my mother not fully understanding how I could not just walk into the store or the bank, memory can’t bring back which it was. To my mom I am sure it seemed like a mere simple task, you get out of the car and walk into the place, but inside I was dying. Living with Anxiety The stigma of anxiety haunts me on a regular basis; living with anxiety is no joke. While I wasn’t diagnosed until a year or so after my first child’s birth, I still recall …

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Doesn’t Matter the Label, Just Matters That I am Mom

brandyellen — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:03:49 +0000

The label that my middle child receives down the road as we venture into the path of a possible new diagnosis really doesn’t matter to me. Aj’s Dad and I have been raising the same boy for the past seven years so whatever label is placed upon our son really doesn’t matter as it pertains to anything other than giving us something to research better. You see, no one lives our life. No one outside of our home has experienced the real Aj. With no medication interfering with Aj in any way positive nor negative, the school is starting to get a glimpse into what our world has been like for years with Aj. He’s either withdrawn and down or hyper and happy. This is why there is certainly a …

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