The 20th July 2016 : The day my heart simultaneously broke and exploded that much more to expose anxiety for what it is. This blog was designed for that very reason. For no other reason than that really. Over the years God has developed my coping skills and enabled me a strength way beyond myself to co-exist with anxiety and dissociation and for that I'm grateful. But for those who do ask the real and honest question- yes, I still live with anxiety and depersonalisation as my closest companions. I just try not to communicate with them and have dialogue as much. The 20th of July was the morning my son, my little baby boy, brushed my face with his sweaty hand and said: "Mummy, I need you. I'm scared. I'm scared and my heart is pounding in my throat and I feel all tingly." Unfortunately my brain has done too much research to fight the notion that I know exactly what that is. Mixed with the fact that in my heart and own body- my boy- I live with that demon an a...
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