I don’t remember a time when I liked flying. For most of my life, it’s the form of transportation most filled with catastrophizing and what-ifs. I’d have anxiety and, often, break out in a cold sweat prior to take off or—worst case—be sick. In high school, I’d count in Italian to distract myself. Turbulence… Continue reading Getaway With(out) Soleil: Traveling to Reno in 28 Hours
On March 9, 2020, I came home from my trip to San Antonio for AWP. On March 11, another TA asked me: “How did it feel to go to the last conference ever?” Then, on March 12, with no classes or reason to be on campus, I stayed home…And the university decided all classes… Continue reading My Isolation Survival Guide
One year, a week, and three days ago, I was in a car accident. I still don’t really know how to talk about it. How do you explain a traumatic event? Do you talk about the physical trauma—cuts, bumps, bruises—or the mental? The minutes before, hours after, or following months? How do you sum up… Continue reading Giving Thanks: A Year After the Accident
Adult horror usually implies Stephen King, erotic vampires, or classic works that are too dense for kids to understand. It seems that once a person outgrows YA horror with its cliché love plots and semi-minimal gore, there isn’t much to choose from. After doing a little hunting and research, a book kept popping up as… Continue reading “Walls Keep Shifting”: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
When you’re a self-conscious, anxious twenty-something on vacation, it can be hard to have a good time when you’re constantly worrying over people taking photos, what you’re eating, where you’re going, and whether or not you look like an idiot to the locals. I’m sure that most people don’t think of all of those things,… Continue reading How To (Truly) Enjoy a Vacation
To say that the winter holidays of 2014/2015 were hard would be an understatement. The two pieces of sanity within my house were gone, leaving only The Captain and me to deal with our less-than-stellar roommate. So it seemed natural that I would be having anxiety and depression issues with how unhappy I was… Continue reading How Anxiety & Depression Ruined My Semester
Pregnancy scares are frightening even if you don’t have anxiety. The idea that your uterus might be baking up a little human while you’re watching Friends reruns isn’t a pleasant thought if it’s unexpected, ill-timed, or unwanted. Maybe children just aren’t in the plan right now or at all. Maybe a baby is… Continue reading How to Survive a Pregnancy Scare (When You Have Anxiety)
I was going to write a different piece today, something light and loving, but I can barely sum up the energy to write this article instead. My other article “5 Reasons Why Mid-Semester Fatigue Really Sucks” skimmed the surface of those less-than-awesome feelings that come with the nearing the finish line of the semester,… Continue reading I Am (Completely) Burned Out
Anxiety hangovers aren’t a new thing, and it’s certainly not a term that I created myself, but they are a real thing. And they suck. An anxiety hangover is the after part of having a panic or anxiety attack. More often than not, people will talk about before they have an attack or… Continue reading How to Survive an Anxiety Hangover
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