Tag: stress
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Social Anxiety and Perfectionism: The Perfect Storm
In today’s society we are brainwashed to believe that we need to be absolutely “perfect” in every way; perfect body, perfect family, perfect education, perfect house, perfect career… perfect life. Anything that doesn’t live up to these expectations is considered “less than”. In a world that focuses all of its energy, time and money on…
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The To Do List- Anxiety and Depression’s Body Paralyzing Task Manager
Some people thrive in organization, daily planners and to do lists. Others thrive in the chaos of throwing yourself to the wind- whatever happens, happens. When you have anxiety and/or depression, you can be caught between both worlds, being pulled in very different directions for very different reasons. On one hand, making a to do…
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What It’s like being a Socially Awkward Mommy: Am I Doing This Right?
It’s Summer 2023, I’m 30+ weeks pregnant and getting extremely nervous about bringing my baby into this world. I’m afraid not only because of the labour (uhm… ow?) but because I worry how my insecurities, anxiety and mental health will affect my child. There’s a lot to be said about mental health and the stigma…
The Socially Awkward Normie 