After I was fired spring of 2021 like any normal person my first thought was finding another job after applying for about one week the voice of the Spirit came upon me reminding me to "Be still and know that he is GOD". So I instantly stopped. Decided to take care of me and leave… Continue reading Self-Care
Category: Sickle Cell Disease
For you.
Happy Saturday, before I write my next blog about Mental Health and Depression part 4, I want to put a disclaimer. My blog is not for anyone to feel sorry for me, it is to inform, educate. motivate and strengthen anyone dealing with life. My experiences are personal knowledge through experience. It is my life,… Continue reading For you.
Movie: WCW
Wednesday can be considered Hump Day or Woman Crush Wednesday (#WCW) Hey there, Here's the question I'd like you to consider for today: If a Movie Was Made About Your Life, What Would it Be Called? Would it be a comedy? A tragedy? A rom-com? What if you could write your life like a script?… Continue reading Movie: WCW
Adulting…..
While I learn to accept and support the belief, theory, and change willingly and enthusiastically of my cognitive disability, I do miss my old self and some emotions, like happiness and joy. I have been certainly welcoming my lack of apathy - because somethings "I really don't care for or about". Imagine quoting this scripture… Continue reading Adulting…..
Depression and Mental Health PT3
It's a rainy Saturday, I love rain the sound of the droplets, the comfort of knowing "this to shall pass", feeling of peace that a rainbow is going to be formed reminding us the God will never destroy the world by rain and flood again. Hello Readers, continuing from last mental health post. I was… Continue reading Depression and Mental Health PT3
TIA, ABI, MCI and Sickle Cell Anemia
You might be thinking and wondering what these acronyms have to do with each other; well my post has covered all except one. If you are new here let me re-cap a little. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is often called a mini-stroke TIA - Click the acronym to see my post on this. This was… Continue reading TIA, ABI, MCI and Sickle Cell Anemia
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) education time:
My diagnosis after two Neurocognitive tests. This is a way to measure brain function non-invasively. It uses paper-and-pencil tests or computerized tests to assess important aspects of cognition: attention, memory, language, reaction time, perception, and so on. One test was administered in UT Health in Houston TX, in 2019. The length of the testing appointment six… Continue reading Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) education time:
Mental Health and Depression – Pt 2
Begin date of post: May 29, 2022 I haven't written in over a year. I believe my last post was on my 48th Birthday in December 2020, but what started off as a small miserable feeling turned out to be my biggest fight. I actually tried writing when it first began in 2021 but I… Continue reading Mental Health and Depression – Pt 2
Chapter 48
Chapter 48 WOW!! and just like that Chapter 47 ended and I enter a new era today. I am so elated at how far God has brought me. I will lift up my eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, The Lord which made heaven and earth.… Continue reading Chapter 48
Trauma, Mental Health, PTSD and GOD!
Soooo who is excited it's October and fall? ME! ME! ME! Fall has always been my favorite time of the year in America. I love the changing of the leaves, the colors, the fresh crisp air. This year I am now adding a new love to October and here is why. September was the year… Continue reading Trauma, Mental Health, PTSD and GOD!
Coping with Stress
A few tips I want to share with everyone Stick to a routine Go for a walk Take a break from social media Take deep breaths Connect with Nature Eat healthy well-balanced meals Avoid Alcohol and drugs Make time to unwind Aromatherapy Journaling (like how I do with this blog) Listen to smoothing music Sing,… Continue reading Coping with Stress
September in Sickle Cell Awareness Month
The irony on September being Sickle Cell month is that very same month this disease put me in the biggest fight of and for my life. I won that battle but not the war as there were so many more battles that followed. I will forever be fighting I may not always win but I… Continue reading September in Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Depression and Mental Health
Did I share with you my depression period - it all happened in my life after a coma well of course this is what my blog is all about. So here goes my chapter on DEPRESSION. I never knew or understood what depression felt like. After all I have never really been depressed before September… Continue reading Depression and Mental Health
COVID-19 Life
Hope everyone is in good spirits tonight. My last post was July 6 and it seems like so much have happened and nothing has really happened. Who am I kidding? So after my COVID move I have now settled so much that I am working. My first office job since the coma. Here begins another… Continue reading COVID-19 Life
Autoimmune
This post is for my silent suffers, my invisible suffers, my silent warriors. Many people may not know or are unaware but autoimmune basically means when your very own body immune system attacks health cells. The first time my own body's immune system attacked me was in 2014. I knew something was wrong because to… Continue reading Autoimmune
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