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Where it all Began
The first time I was referred to therapy for anxiety I didn’t actually have it yet. Let me explain. It was my sophomore year at SUNY Geneseo. I was a generally happy 19 year old college student. I...
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Tell Them What They Want to Hear
I would like to emphasize before I finish this particular story, that I am not writing it to seek sympathy but to offer help to others who have asked me to share. Take it as a cautionary tale, see it...
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Flying into Anxiety
I used to love flying. It gave me a sense of freedom and adventure. Anything seemed possible from up in the clouds. I loved floating through rolling meadows of fluffy white cotton, watching it form...
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First the Facts
Fear of flying therapy began with statistical facts. Flying is safer than any other mode of transportation. More people die in their own living rooms than as the result of a plane crash. Diana...
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On my mind
The summation scene from “A Time To Kill” plays in my head each time the question of race comes to the forefront of a tragedy. “I set out to prove a black man could receive a fair trial in the south,...
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Oh, The Irony
When I started blogging about anxiety and panic I hadn’t had a significant problem with either of them for a long time. I was down to a few minor panic attacks a year. And I am now able to fly both...
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The PTSD Approach
The therapist I worked with in Pittsburgh was a social worker with extensive experience in treating people with PTSD. I did not have PTSD but as people who do suffer from panic attacks, this was a...
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Watchfulness
It was warm in the hut, almost uncomfortably so. The fire was burning steadily, its shadows dancing across the skins on the walls, seeming to keep time with the drums. Earthenware cups of steaming...
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Starting Over
It’s been a very long time since I blogged and people have asked here and there where I’ve been. Well, anxious is where I’ve been to be honest, and as I said to a friend last week, it is hard to write...
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New Beginnings Part 1: Embracing the Artist
I have to confess, there is a part of me that thrives on change. Starting over can often be a refreshing and rejuvenating experience. Too often we focus on the inconveniences of moving and forget to...
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