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Some Gratitude & A Quick Note
A few months back, they replaced our local swirly slide with the above…and Tony’s been afraid to go down it because the decline angle comes with increased sliding speed, which is harder for him with his sensory differences. This past week, he worked up the courage and found a way that worked for him to…
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What Some Kiddos Need To Stay Afloat Through School Changes
I wonder how many parents take for granted that they can just drop their kids off at school or send them out the door to a bus stop and know that their kiddo is going to swim along through the year just fine without anything outside the expected start of the school year traditions being…
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Travel Size Therapy Note
A few days ago, I sat on my bed and cried as I repeatedly inhaled deeply a perfume I had tested out on my forearm, a fragrance with jasmine notes. Never in my life to this point have I been able to tolerate the smell of jasmine in the community or even as a background…
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A Small Bouquet of Gratitude
For all the weeds of life (i.e. identity theft), I want to acknowledge the varied blossoms of happy moments I have experienced lately and gather them into the tidiest bouquet possible for this post, from the most literal (being able to wear a perfume with strong floral notes without sneezing, wheezing, a runny nose, or…
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On Allergies, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, & The Costs Of Healthcare
Y’all deserve high quality writing. You do. But, this is what you’re getting so that I can find some personal time today…and it’s going to be relatively to the point and skip anything more elevated or artsy. Life with a lot of allergies and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome can be complicated to navigate under the…
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Thoughts About When Symptoms Are From A Medical Condition & Not Disordered Anxiety: A Note of Gratitude to Emma from Therapy In A Nutshell
I started watching Therapy In A Nutshell’s Anxiety series for the same reason I decided now was an awesome time to retry CBD and see if I had lost my sensitivity: Bank of America’s Fraud response. I was starting to have panic attacks in the middle of the night, struggling to sleep, and it was…
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Talking Some Science on Allergy Meds & CBD
Ok, so I have some possible answers to explain the effects I observed when taking CBD and my usual cocktail of meds. Because it’s late in my day, I’m not really taking the time to finesse this. This is important to pay attention to for anyone, because if you go to see your doctor to…
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Gratitude & A Conversation About CBD As An Option For Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Second screenshot is citation source, photos and screenshots by Ariana. Allergies can come and go. For an item to which a person can avoid exposure, sometimes in as little as a year a person may no longer react to the item. My life has taught me this many times over. My earliest memories are filled…
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“Two Things Are True”
Earlier this afternoon, after completing a therapy session with Tony, I dropped Hannah and her boyfriend off at Guitar Center, and then drove myself across the street to treasure a rare moment. A moment where I got to enter a store with me in mind and all by myself, no pressure to focus on therapy…
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Quiet Moments Of Puzzle Joy
There is so much uncertainty in life. A great many people before me have said it, perhaps many more after me. The quiet successes and happy moments in the now have to be the joy we live for, because the rest is just a maybe, a hopefully…a maybe, hopefully some day. But today, this day,…