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In the Zone

March 15, 2016 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 3 has always had issues with anxiety. If you have a kid who struggles with any kind of OCD or anxiety, then you can relate. It can be very, very frustrating. Sometimes you feel really bad for your kid who has these thoughts and fears running on a constant loop in their brain, and […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: anxiety, Number 3, zones

The Fearless Child vs. The Anxious Child

January 3, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

If you recall, Number 4 said she wanted to learn how to knit for Christmas. When I wrote this post about that, the mom of one of my former swimmers sent me a message and offered to teach Number 4 to knit over Christmas vacation. Now I didn’t know this mom very well. The dad of […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: anxiety, knitting

You may want to consider not being an ignorant ass.

October 18, 2015 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It takes a lot to offend me. A lot. Everyone knows I love the f-word. So clearly off color language doesn’t bother me. While I don’t think name calling is a good thing, I’m not really bothered by that either. Call me a bitch if you want. Call me an asshole. While you’re at it, go for […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: anxiety, depression, mental illness, the stigma surrounding mental illness

We Are All F*cked Up

October 8, 2015 by not your average mom 4 Comments

An interesting thing happened to me a couple days ago. I got kicked out of a closed Facebook group I recently joined. I was a little bit shocked. I mean, I’ve never been kicked out of anything. I will acknowledge that I didn’t follow the rules of the group, although in my defense, I had […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: alcoholism, anxiety, bipolar, depression, facebook groups, mental illness, OCD, wizard of oz

10 Things To Do When You Are Depressed

June 6, 2015 by not your average mom 24 Comments

About 15 years ago I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. I was hospitalized for about a week, and then I spent  several years in pretty extensive therapy. I’ve gotten a handle on the depression and have been able to manage it fairly well. But that doesn’t mean sometimes it doesn’t try to sneak back up […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: antidepressants, anxiety, catch-22, depression, drugs, mental illness, pajamas, puerto rico, serotonin, sleep, what to do if you're depressed, zamboni

Hey anxiety! Go f*ck yourself.

May 3, 2015 by not your average mom 5 Comments

I’ve been pretty open about Number 3’s issues with anxiety. I share them because I think sometimes we don’t realize how badly our kids are struggling. Because they don’t want to share what is going on because they are embarrassed. And I think there are parents who are also embarrassed. Or who feel guilty. Who think […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: anxiety, anxiety attacks, anxiety in children

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