Originally Published: June 21st, 2020 CBD & Mindfulness & Sitting With Anxiety Anxiety has riddled my entire adult life. Recently, I’ve started taking Cannabidiol (CBD), a derivative of marijuana. CBD helps relax me so I can successfully implement various mindfulness and emotional regulation skills like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Before CBD, my anxiety was so…
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Turning 52 During The COVID Pandemic: A Personal Journey
As my 56th birthday approaches, I’ve decided to repost blogs I published about past birthdays. I wrote Turning 52 During A Pandemic: A Personal Journey on April 28th, 2021 while we were living in Upper Vaughn, Nova Scotia. The original blog only focused on my 52nd birthday day. I added a backstory to this blog, to include and reflect…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Empathic Abilities & Intentional Interventions
Feeling The World Having BPD means I emotionally feel the world much more intensity than the general population. To me, this is a super power and a curse. Before I was properly diagnosed, I did not know what was causing my over-the-top emotional reactions to the world. I felt cursed as I could not understand…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Rambling Through Confusion Towards Clarity
Confusion & Clarity It is Day 11 since my diagnosis. I don’t know how long I will keep track of how many days I’m into my diagnosis. For me, this feels like a way of tracking my processing. I am reading Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies by Charles H. Elliott & Laura L. Smith. This…
Personal Development – Living An Alcohol Free Life – Year One
February 18th, 2020 I stopped drinking alcohol. Reflections – Year One As I sit here, sipping my morning coffee, I think back over my first year of living alcohol free. There were many, many times I wanted to drink. Taking CBD for anxiety, helped reduce my cravings. Attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings during a particularly rough…