Tag: social anxiety
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Irritable. Hypomanic. Parenting Fail.
Trying to keep hypomania at bay. NAMI training this weekend. IBPF panel next Tuesday. Frustrated with parenting newly adult son with social anxiety and migraines.
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Sick with Dread
Dread this summer. Dread getting my kid to wake up and leave his room. Dread trying to get him to go to summer school.
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Going to #BlogHer16
This week, I’m going to BlogHer16. This will be my first BlogHer conference, my first blogging conference. I’m anxious. Worried about not having the energy to participate. Worried about being overwhelmed. Surprised I’m not worried about triggering mood cycling. Deep breath. Wish me well!
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My Hands are Still Shaking
Thursday I met with the Campus Director of my son’s new school, Halstrom Academy. My hand shook as I wrote out the check for tuition. Haven’t paid for school since my son was in daycare back when I worked outside the home. Starting Monday, my son will take one class a day, one-on-one with a…
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I am Ashamed
I’m ashamed. Ashamed of the dust. Ashamed of the clutter. Ashamed that I do not, that somehow I cannot, bring myself to keep my house clean. This afternoon, as I sat working at our dining room table, my husband just touched the dusty lamp above me, and I started coughing, choking, asthmatic that I am. My son suffers…
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Online School Didn't Work Out
Okay, so here’s where we are now. Online k12.com high school proved an unsuccessful experiment. My son prefers a teacher directly instruct him, rather than study independently for a series of online quizzes and tests. He needs feedback. He needs to discuss what he is learning, to ask questions and get answers, to be asked questions, to…
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Stepping Out and Meeting Up
Started going to group therapy and two writers’ group meetups the last three weeks. Not sure how much “work” I can take on right now. Attending group and the meetups is a big step towards leaving the isolation of my home where I care for my son and husband and going out into the adult world…