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Anxiety can feel something like THIS. (Oh. And it can feel worse. Or better. Or in between. Or you can feel a feeling no one else in the world has ever felt. And that can add to the misery by making you feel abnormal, weird, or lonely, too.) THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE CRAZY OR THAT YOU CAN NEVER HEAL. It means you are paying attention, and you’ve got to heal.

Worry, concern, apprehension, happens to you.... It's inside of you. Haunting you.Sometimes it is uneasiness, fearfulness, intrusive thoughts. It separates you from the world around you. It can even block…

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The Self-Generated Curse of “GETTING READY” Getting You Down? Feeling AWKWARD because you’ve been “Getting Ready” a Little Too Long? WELL. It’s Time to Use the Magic of a Short Five Letter Word to Save You From Treading Water for the Rest of Your LIFE.

It was June, 1998. I’d just finished another long course with my mentor, John. He could see that I was "drifting". I kept accumulating diplomas and certifications…but not taking any…

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Trying to Understand if ADHD is High Functioning Anxiety – or Anxiety? And What About Adderall? Does it Fix Anything? And, What Drug Don’t Mix and Mingle with Adderall? What about Benadryl? That’s Not a Problem, Is it? IS IT?

Trying to Understand if ADHD is High Functioning Anxiety - or Anxiety?  And What About Adderall?  Does it Fix Anything? And, What Drug Don’t Mix and Mingle with Adderall? What…

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As if struggling with the varied signs and symptoms of high-functioning anxiety are not enough, the medications I take for my body’s other troubles add more nasty variety to the mix? Are you kidding me?

No. No, I am not kidding you.

SIDE EFFECTS. Before we get started.  Who came up with the tidy colloquialism known as 'side effects'?  You know...those effects that are the not-desirable deliverables of the selected pharmaceutical?  Big Pharma…

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