ANXIETY DISORDERS: A group of conditions marked by persistent, extreme or pathological anxiety. They may be manifested by disturbances in mood or emotions, as well as by physiological symptoms, such as elevated blood pressure, rapid breathing and rapid heart rate ( Read more... )

corintha tagged me, so here it is.
What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? Make a list, post it to your journal... and then tag 5 friends and ask them to post it to theirs.
These aren't all exactly healthy. And I'm not tagging anyone, so I guess just do it if you want to.

-meditation/prayer
-deep massages
-square breathing
-hurting ( Read more... )

I am having an intense love affair with Sam Shepard. His words crawl beneath my skin and make me ache somewhere I can't touch ( Read more... )

Sometimes everything just feels sad and hurts from the feel of my t-shirt on my back to the Tori poster on Athena's wall and I want to lay down and let everything pass me by. I feel really stimulated and overwhelmed by school this semester. I don't know what to do to feel calmer and more in control ( Read more... )

I can only do the best I can and I have to trust that it will be enough ( Read more... )

I found my photography from freshman year of college. I'm missing a few prints, I think I turned them in for the final and just never got them back, or they actually are gone, but I have all my contact sheets and negatives and the vast majority of my prints. The most prints I have are from my last shoot, the one with Becka in the bathtub (so you ( Read more... )

I was talking to Davi last night. I felt depressed and he pointed out how I can take heart in how much progress I have made. I actually agreed rather than getting pissed off and sulky and denying it because I felt crappy. *advanced therapy* ie: cognitive behavioral therapy really has helped. So I'm making a list of ways I have improved since May. ( ( Read more... )

So I can spend my junior year at Lancaster and study art and sociology and that good stuff and since I don't need many credits to graduate it's all feasible. With this, substance free housing (if I get it), and the major I can design myself hopefully Stony Brook won't entirely suck. And when I'm in Lancaster Jonas is so visiting me because ( Read more... )