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One of My Strangest Anxiety Symptoms
Four years ago, after my daughter was born, I developed postpartum depression and anxiety–PPD/A for short. I had never felt anything like PPD/A before. My heart either raced like a crazy hamster on a wheel or I felt so tired that I could barely perform everyday tasks. I vascillated between the two for a long time, anxiety winning more often than not, until the medicine I had been taking began to help. I stayed on medication, in addition to exercising, changing my diet, and spending extra time with family, for about nine months. I was able to go off of the medication for almost a year and a half, at…
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Chicken Rescue {A Limerick}
There once was a thirsty Brown henWho left the warmth of her pen;She jumped into the snow,But had no place to goWithout the help of a friend. ***
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Motherhood, Sleep, and Everything in Between
I’m here, sitting in Study Hall, watching the snow stream by and trying to remember all the things I wanted to write about as soon as I had time. Of course, none of them come to mind. What I’m mostly thinking about is how tired I am, and how my keyboard keys make such a pleasant clicking noise as I type. My iced latte sits next to me in a glass mug; only a quarter of an inch remains at the bottom, a delicious reminder of a successful morning of Physical Science and Biology. Students study at separate tables, except for a cluster of three students working on homework together.…