People assume anxiety means panic attacks and not being able to breathe. Mine looks like saying yes to things I don’t want to do because I’m scared of disappointing people. It looks like spiraling over a text that didn’t get a smiley face. It looks like exhaustion from overthinking everything I say or do. I […]
For years, I thought something was wrong with me because I couldn’t keep up like everyone else. I’d cancel plans last minute, miss deadlines, and sleep for 12 hours and still feel tired. People called me lazy, dramatic, or unmotivated, and I started to believe them. It wasn’t until I hit a breaking point and […]
Il m’arrive de vivre des situations, des moments où je veux être là et j’aimerais y être. J’ai besoin d’être là et voir les gens mais je ne suis pas capable. Je le sais que je peux me faire du mal donc je décide de ne pas y aller.
I used to be so focused on being who everyone else wanted me to be. The dependable one, the overachiever, the friend who never said no. I didn’t realize how much of myself I was giving away until I had nothing left. Burnout wasn’t just being tired; it was feeling empty. I started journaling, going […]
Anxiety used to control every part of my life. I’d overthink texts, replay conversations, and lie awake at night imagining everything that could go wrong. I thought I was just ‘high-strung,’ but really, I was scared all the time. I was scared to disappoint people, scared to stop holding everything together. I finally started therapy […]
There will ALWAYS be sunshine after a thunderstorm, no matter the circumstances and no matter what you are going through.
Many years of therapy & family support
Heading into the summer of 2023, I planned a 2.5 month backpacking trip through Europe. My life long dream was to have a young Donna adventure and make it to Greece and there was no better time to do so than my 25th birthday. In my first week of being in Europe, a girl I […]
Once I started University and began living on my own, I experienced several long episodes of depression, to the point where I laid in my bedroom in the dark for weeks. I was filled with so much shame that I felt like I couldn’t present myself to the world like I normally would (happy, clean […]
Since I was13 years old, I have suffered from really bad anxiety problems. It started in high school and still to this day, I’m still suffering from it. I lost my job 2 years ago, and with my anxiety, it was really hard for me to apply for a new one. Just thinking about it […]
