Shannon

I'm starting a new series on my blog about therapy! I posted the first post today on how to find a therapist. Please check it out, and share if you like it! mindfullivingwithshannon.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/the…

I am so relieved right now. I feel like I can finally breathe again. 😭 #PresidentElectBiden

i was taught more about how spaghetti strap tank tops were intolerable than racism

@pigletish This is gorgeous!! 💕

@ItsNicoleCarman I was obsessed with Neopets back in the day!!

AOL chatrooms, forums, Neopets, Gaia Online, Xanga, and MySpace (old one, not the current shitty one).

@ItsNicoleCarman Hope some of them help! I know how hard it is to start exercising regularly! 💕

@shananigans_5 Thank you for all the tips!! 💙

For those of you who exercise... how do you do it? How do you make yourself get up and do it? How do you push through it? I'm a beginner. I have my "why." But remembering why I'm trying to lose weight never helps me keep going. I never get that "high" people talk about.

@HopeVirgo Lol #sister 😂

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@ItsNicoleCarman Having a work-out buddy or accountability partner is also a great way to commit to it, and it can make it way more fun. Hopefully one of these helped!

@ItsNicoleCarman 3. Do something that's fun for you. Sign up for dance classes or do dance-based workouts at home (Zumba, etc.). Sign up for an exercise class. Do some chill yoga at home or in a studio. Go for a walk. Whatever you enjoy will be easier to stick with, so focus on that first.

@HopeVirgo Is the top part "Love"? And I see a 2 at the bottom right corner.

Only conversing in #digitaltouch with my older sister tonight and can’t work out this one.... 🤔

@SnehaS_Blog Thank you so much for your support! It's a huge deal to me, too. Especially since the industry I'm trying to get in is so competitive.

@shananigans_5 Congratulations!! Keep up the great work! It surely is not a small thing. At least to me!

YOU GUYS. I got a phone interview for an exciting position as a scientific writer. It's next week, and I'm struggling a lot with imposter syndrome over it, but I'm so so happy and proud of myself. I know it's such a small thing, but celebrating the small things is important. 😁

@sydneysjourney Congratulations!! 💕

Hi guys!! I GOT A JOB!! Super exciting day! 💗 Hope yours is good too!

Don't feel bad for taking meds just because you WANT to feel better and have life be easier. You're allowed to make things easier, regardless of how bad your situation is compared to others. #SickNotWeak #MentalHealthAwareness #medication

As a person with relatively high-functioning depression and anxiety, I felt selfish for taking meds because my situation isn't as bad as others who need meds to function. But my meds are helping me feel great, and this is the most consistently I've felt well in my whole life.

@katiessanctuary I love this! I also know that, for me, each time I've gone into therapy I've worked on different things to improve my functioning in new ways. I would get past certain things, but uncover a new thing that I needed help figuring out as well.

I mentioned to someone yday that I'd be thinking about having counselling again. They said "isn't that going backwards?". No. Therapy is what helped save my life, it gave me an outlet. Acknowledging that I may need that help again is, I think, brave, & v much a FORWARD step.

@LifeWithLydia I just started taking meds for the first time, and it's honestly been life-changing for me already. I think it's so great that we have this kind of treatment available.

Living with a high functioning mental illness is hard. More often than not our loved ones will have no idea we're struggling. We might play it down, shrug it off, laugh it away. We isolate ourselves. We feel we have to justify or explain our pain. We worry "they won't believe me"