A personal blog about my recovery from anxiety disorders including panic attacks, agoraphobia and depression. Learn how I controlled my anxiety and took control of my life! Learn ways to cope with stress and daily life to get a grip on anxiety.
Last year while Kenny and I were living in a house near the beach we had to rent a hotel room for a couple of nights because we had a sewer backup that went inside the house and it was a total nightmare. So we spent the first night at a cheaper hotel and all was OK. The second night we decided to treat ourselves to a nicer hotel with a in room Jacuzzi.
We had a good time, we ordered pizza and watched a pay per view movie, they had games in the room that Kenny could play, and then we decided to go to bed. Kenny pulled back the sheets and out bed sheets had bed bugs on them! I freaked out! I immediately went to the hotel management and complained. They wanted to give me a different room but my thoughts were, if they are in one bed, could be in another room also! So we left and went somewhere else. I was so paranoid about the bedbugs we got rid of the clothing we were wearing and anything that was on the bed!
Here is a good site to visit a good site that tells you all about bed bugs and bed bugs bites.
Today marks the first day of our short but sweet radio show. Included in the radio segment is a 5 minute audio relaxation audio that you can use to take a 5 minute break and just focus on peace and quiet in your day.
In my radio show I talked a little bit about my agoraphobia that I experienced last year. I will be doing one radio show on agoraphobia on our next radio show. I want to plan a little bit better for our next radio show.
Anyone who is interested in advertising on our show please let me know by responding to this post and I will get back to you asap.
If you are looking for a very unique gift for your kids or even adults check out this space-age ant farm! Ant farms sure have changed since I was a kid. This Ant farm has a space age blue gel that allows you to view the ants working and digging tunnels! It also makes a great night light for your child’s bedroom.
AntWorks Antfarm does not include the ants but you can collect your own or you can order them direct. Since in the south we have a high amount of fire ants I would order mine directly from the company. Check out their video on You Tube.
Ahhh how they grow up! That is what I am thinking when my son comes to me and asks me if he can start a Paint Ball team. So I look online at some websites and check out the paintball guns, masks, apparel etc. My son can tell you everything he wants and which are the best guns and why. He has his apparel all picked out from head to toe. As a mom of course I look at the cheap paintball guns first lol which are great by the way.
He has already chosen his new favorite tippmann gunand claims he will do extra chores to get one. I think this will be a good way to blow off some “boy energy!”
This past week has been both good and bad. I LOVE my new apartment! Its bigger, nicer, I have my own office, my son has his own room, I have a garage (just to name a few) but I have been felling out of sorts. My anxiety levels are high to the point where I was trying to talk myself out of bringing my son to his dentist appointment. But I went to Starbucks and MADE myself take him to his dentist appointment, even though it was a waste of time because now he has to go to a pediatric dentist that sedates but the point is I WORKED THROUGH MY ANXIETY. I did what I had to do in fear. By the time I got home I had felt like I ran a marathon! Anxiety and depression takes a whole lot of energy away from you! I came home and slept for 3 hours straight. I guess it didn’t help that I worked until midnight the night before and was up at 6AM.
On my radio show this Saturday I hope to talk a little about “Doing it in fear” and working through the fear to accomplish what you need to do. If you continually let fear rule you it is a sure fast way to agoraphobia. Working through anxiety before it reaches the point of agoraphobia is so much easier than waiting until you can’t walk out the front door because fear and anxiety has a grip on you. I know I lived with agoraphobia for a long time.
One thing is for certain! I will NEVER let my anxiety get to the point where I am afraid to get a gallon of milk at the store again! If I can show one person who reads this blog how to break through anxiety then I have accomplished my purpose of this blog!
I was at the grocery store today getting milk and walked by the pharmacy counter and there was a lady with her daughter there and was asking about the cost of some meds that the doctor prescribed for her daughter that day. I guess her daughter had an ear infection by the way the little girl with holding her ear. She was really upset over the cost of the meds and was literally yelling at the pharmacist if she should buy the prescription or buy food. Being a single mom I can totally relate to the cost of prescription drugs, groceries and gas, just to name a few! It is times like these I wish I was in the financial position to help someone in need because I have been there all too often!
I started looking online for ways to save money on everything I buy. I look for the cheapest rates for online prescriptions to see if I can save more online or at the stores. Many times you can save money by looking at an online pharmacy
There is an online pharmacy called eDrugstore that can save you money for your prescription drugs. They have some great articles and resources on their website that can be of great use for anyone interested in health care and prescription dugs.
We are having our 1st Anxiety Sucks Radio show this Saturday at 10 AM EST. It is called “Creating Peace and Quiet in your daily life”. Learn how to calm the anxiety giants in your life. I will be discussing techniques that help me when I am having high anxiety in my life or am about to have a panic attack.
I will share with you some of the tools that I have used in the past and currently to fight my battle with agoraphobia and anxiety. If you can not tune in at this time to listen don’t worry! All radio shows are archived so you can listen at any time.
This is my first attempt at a radio show so I hope I don’t have a panic attack while on air, lol that would be kind of funny – NOT! I welcome all comments and suggestions for future shows! Take a look at our website on Blog Talk Radio – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Anxiety-Sucks While I am on air feel free to visit the chat room to ask any questions. The call in number to our show will be posted on the website.
When I was a kid I grew up in the country. Life was a lot different than it is now. We used to go to country fairs, grow our own vegetables and pick wild fruit from the roadside. One thing that I enjoyed watching is rodeos. Sometimes at the country fairs they would have small rodeos that you could attend. It was always lots of fun to sit on the bleachers and enjoying the rodeo. I wish that there was a rodeo that I could bring my son to. I am sure he would enjoy it tremendously and it would remind me of more simple times.
One event that I would LOVE to attend is the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Each year in December is the National Finals Rodeo . It is the “Superbowl” of Rodeo’s! You can buy WNFR Tickets online now for this years event! I wouldn’t wait until the last moment to buy tickets if you are planning on attending the NFR because the good seats sell out fast!
The 2007 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo drew 174,409 fans over the 10 days of competition. Trevor Brazile breaks the PRCA single-season record with $425,115 in earnings.
Well the move is over and I am almost all settled into my new place. I only have about 4 more boxes to unpack. I hired the worst movers ever and they left all my electronics at the old place because they said they would not be responsible for it. No where when I hired the movers did it say that so I will be filing a complaint with the owner on Monday.
On a different note I learned some new things.
Never put batteries in your pocket. I guess this was common knowledge that I was lacking but who knew that you could be severely burned by putting batteries in your pockets? I was sitting on my couch relaxing and when I got up to move around I felt something burning my leg. I reached in my pocket and all my change and 2 batteries and some screws from my desk were so hot as soon as I grabbed them I had to drop them they were scolding hot! I burned my leg where they were in my pocket. Of course that triggered a pretty significant panic attack because my thoughts that I was thinking about what was burning me was really what triggered the panic attack. That really scared the crap out of me!
Tomorrow after I drop Kenny off at the bus stop I need to go to my old place and throw away some trash and gather the last of the items I have there. I have Monday off which I really can’t afford to do but I have no choice. Kenny has two different doctor appointments Monday and then another one on Wednesday and I still have so much stuff to do!
I will be so glad when I am all moved in 100% also be sure to listen to our radio show! I will be posting the date and topic this week!
I am addicted to a new show called Farmer wants a wife. It’s a reality TV show where these city girls go to the country and this farmer picks one of the 10 to be his wife. So watching this show got me to looking at Country type boots and clothing. They have handmade cowboy boots that are awesome! It’s funny how lil things like a TV show can make you go shopping lol. Maybe because I am a city girl.
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