Update Part II
Stay caught up with my everyday life of school avoidance, kids, home and other things.
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Update Part I
Update, what’s going on. Part 1.
It’s been a long time since I last updated you on what is going on in my life. It’s still rough. E finished his seventh grade year in public school. He could not get past only 15 minutes in a single math class. He has gone from the advanced group to the below average one. […]
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Update
It’s been awhile since I have updated everyone on my life. Honestly, it still feels out of control. It’s like I almost don’t have my footing. As I wrote before, I have just gotten over a severe case of pneumonia over two months ago. It was horrible. I still don’t feel as if I have […]
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What Are Anxiety Disorders or Panic Attacks?
I write a lot about anxiety and panic attacks. It occurred to me that few people may know what the definitions and symptoms are. Even definitions since I was first diagnosed have changed. While the wheel in mental health has not been reinvented it has been refined. It evolves, and continues to evolve as […]
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Suicide, My Son, Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade and me.
I’m exhausted. Completely exhausted. Physically, Mentally, and Emotionally exhausted. I’m so worn out that I have trouble getting things done at the moment or going places. I pick the most important thing, do it and let the rest go. I only have so many spoons to give. I can’t sleep, but I need to. As […]
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Update, Part 5. My son’s struggles with anxiety and depression.
While in PHP (the partial hospitalization program) we would get a sheet home at the end of the day. On it, they score E on his participation in each element of the program each day. Sometimes he didn’t participate. Other times he was crying or upset. Sometimes he did a great job. A typical 11 […]
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What’s going on, in May. Part 4.
What is going on now. Things are still stressful. I’m still physically and mentally exhausted. Honestly, I am so angry over the last two months. I am really angry at the mental health clinic that has been treating my son in one form or another. Where to start? If you remember from my last update, […]
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The Last Part… To Be Continued Pt. 3
When my phone rang on a very windy, snowy weekday I expected to hear my son on the other end crying or begging me to come. It wasn’t. It was one of the therapists telling me they were going to discharge my son from the program. What? It was only five days! We removed him […]
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To Be Continued, Part 2
When we drove our son up to the inpatient hospital he was okay. I don’t think he could comprehend what was about to happen. Upon arrival, they informed us that they were running behind schedule. This would turn out to be a huge problem. Our son would get so overwhelmed that he would have major […]
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