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Head swirls

Originally posted 2022-10-28 19:30:00. How do I stop the thoughts from taking over in my head? I can’t get shit done because 10 seconds later the thoughts come back like telemarketers calls. Buggin the shit out of me left and mf’n right. I play music, I turn on a scary movie, I talk to my dogs, drink coffee. No matter what I do it still comes back to my head. I am not a drinker…

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Not so easily triggered

Originally posted 2019-10-18 07:20:50. You know I feel for folks who have gone through trauma but I am not the one that is so easily triggered by things. I don’t know if I have just become so numb to things and that’s why I don’t get ”triggered” by things or not. I can watch things on tv and some things may get my heart racing a little or I get a little anxious but I…

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Questions

Originally posted 2019-10-16 07:00:26. I am speaking to parents of special needs children/adults. To the parents who are with their kids and pretty much your life revolves around their care. To the parents who often wonder what will happen when the day comes and you pass on. Since my momma’s passing, my bio father’s passing and well my brother too I have been thinking about it much more. My daughter has her life. What if…

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Not just a title

Originally posted 2022-10-11 10:54:58. Over the past 5 days we had our grandbabies. I was so overjoyed to get them! I can’t believe I am a grandparent, grandmother, grandma, whatever you want to call me. But I have one problem with that title. I don’t feel like I should be called a grandmother. You see my momma was a grandma, who my daughter called grams. My momma was such a wonder grandmother. You seen some…

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Compression

Last appointment I had my pain management doc told me to get me some compression socks. I had been looking some but needed the least restricted ones. I kept finding ones that were a step above those and knew those would be too tight right now. So she was like “just on Amazon” 🤨 I had tried Amazon so many times with no luck. So fine, I would try once again. Somehow or another this…

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2018 Financial Education Webinar Series ( Co-presented by NCADV )

Originally posted 2018-03-15 18:07:06. I wish I would have had something like this years ago. So I hope someone will find this and are able to use any of the information.   2018 FINANCIAL EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES Co-presented by NCADV and the National Endowment for Financial Education http://www.nefe.org/ (NEFE), are exited to share a series of six sequential webinars on financial education for survivors of domestic violence and the advocates who serve them. The series…

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