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Day 88: ADHD and Current Events

29 Mar 2020 atwistonlife

The past several days have been tiresome. I have the attention span of a gnat and it’s frustrating as hell. I’ve done very little studying.

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Day 71: Getting sick

13 Mar 2020 atwistonlife

Getting sick is not an achievement, but appropriate mind-body connection definitely is. This is true for me in particular, since it’s something I’ve often failed

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Day 61: Using Control Techniques for Anxiety Management

2 Mar 2020 atwistonlife

I overslept by almost an hour this morning and am, as a result, feeling panicked. It is 7:30 now and I am forcing myself to

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Day 53: Boundaries

23 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

I was laid off from my job of 14 years last week and my energy and brain-space are intense right now. I feel floaty. There

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Day 39: The Nothing Gets Stronger

9 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

I went and had dinner with friends. It was good to be around people. And yet, the Nothing lingers. It crept in a bit on

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Day 38: Light Dawns

8 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

It’s one thing to have a logical understanding of something. It’s another thing entirely to experience the emotions of that thing. And it’s yet a

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Day 34: One Thing Isn’t Everything

4 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

Wow, did I sleep well last night. I was so tired all day yesterday (Monday, am I right?) that I crashed out at 8:30 and

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Day 33: Finding Balance

3 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

Yesterday’s accomplishment was realizing I need to find balance as I fight the Nothing (which is what I’ve started calling the Spring through Summer seasonal

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Day 31: ADHD and Controlling Impulse Spending

1 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

Yesterday’s successes mostly had to do with financial goals. My Amazon Prime ordering habits have been out of control for years. The efforts I’ve made

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Being an external processor

4 Sep 2019 atwistonlife

Some folks are able to sit with their thoughts and quietly come to conclusions and make sense of their life. I am the opposite of

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Letter to a Younger Self

27 May 2018 atwistonlife

My wish for you is that you soften with age. You who wears your dark eyeliner and black clothing and chunky silver jewelry as armor, allowing

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When the PTSD Hits (Warning: Potential Triggers)

16 May 2018 atwistonlife

I did not have a full-blown PTSD episode yesterday. I was able to navigate it and stay present. I had a toothache and I went

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Intuitive Eating: Binge Eating Update

12 May 2018 atwistonlife

I’m working hard to address and conquer my binge eating tendencies by reading the book Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. I am

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Narcissistic Recovery: Rage

22 Feb 2018 atwistonlife

When I started this blog I didn’t have any intention as far as theme went. I just wanted to write. It quickly became apparent that

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Narcissistic Recovery: His Birthday

20 Feb 2018 atwistonlife

I tried to please him on his birthday. Every year I hoped the plans I made that year would finally be the ones that met

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