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Strangled By Social Anxiety
My head says I am excited to be here but my body knows better. Alarms are blaring the body-wide warning: she going to try to socialize!
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PurplePsychNurse
Apr 152 min read
Even My Cells are Discouraged
If there are nearly thirty trillion cells in my body, is it any wonder healing takes so much time and work?
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PurplePsychNurse
Sep 5, 20232 min read
Waking Up is Hard to Do
Waking up can be a drag, but not for my puppy!
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PurplePsychNurse
Aug 26, 20232 min read
Still Crying Over Spilled Milk?
This is a case of a little girl thinking that she is more of a problem than the spilled milk.
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PurplePsychNurse
Aug 7, 20233 min read
Prioritizing Priorities
Prioritizing is a skill. Like any skill, practice improves performance. It takes practice to create the life you want.
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PurplePsychNurse
Jul 24, 20232 min read
Maybe it’s as hard as it is.
I am a perfectionist. It seems I was born with this chronic and at times disabling condition.
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PurplePsychNurse
Jul 13, 20232 min read
Sparkling Imperfection
There is value in your imperfections. There is so much beauty in the in between places where you try and fail and slip outside of the lines.
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PurplePsychNurse
Mar 9, 20232 min read
I Want to AND I Don’t
I once heard a speaker tell a group of young people something along the lines of “you want to have served well and devotedly” instead of...
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Melissa Spencer
May 18, 20222 min read
Seeking Safety
How remarkable it is to feel safe even surrounded by problems and fears.
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Melissa Spencer
Apr 15, 20222 min read
Nothing Profound To Say
A major loss in my life has contributed to an extra-large-sized writer’s block that is difficult to move off my desk. I love an old...
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PurplePsychNurse
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Quarantine Your Anxiety
This is a repost of a blog entry I wrote near the beginning of the pandemic. And while we are staying home a little less often, I feel...
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PurplePsychNurse
Feb 5, 20222 min read
Making Assumptions
We can make assumptions or make meaningful connections. We can have black and white or we can have rainbows.
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PurplePsychNurse
Jan 12, 20222 min read
Who is Driving the Bus?
Are you letting anxiety drive your brain?
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PurplePsychNurse
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Silent Night, Lonely Night
This week Christmas is on my mind. If you celebrate Christmas or spend any time around those who do, you know that it is a season of joy...
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PurplePsychNurse
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Not So Merry, Not So Bright
One day in December several years ago I came home to a wrapped gift on my porch. It was twelve days away from Christmas and each of those...
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PurplePsychNurse
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Depressed AND Grateful?
Tis the season to be thankful. Gratitude is good for your mood and mental health, but have you ever tried to force thankfulness when you...
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Melissa Spencer
Oct 22, 20212 min read
The White Coat Effect
Have you ever been told your pulse or blood pressure is abnormally high when visiting a doctor’s office when at home your vitals are...
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