I would like to hear your stories and sharing them here may help others.
Do you have a story to tell about anxiety, depression or self harm?
Do you have a story about living with an alcoholic or drug user?
do you have a funny story to bring a little laughter to us?
Please feel free to share…. Any topic is welcome!
You never know who may need to read your words and learn your story!
Peace and harmony to all
LoneWolf
Your past may be in the past, but it is part of your story….don’t let it ruin the ending of a great story.
When people mention addiction, most of us automatically think of substance addictions, like drug addiction and alcoholism.
There is research done into activities or behaviours that are also considered to be addictive. These include such things, as shopping and gambling.
The simple way to explain is, if a behaviour is impacting you or your life in a negative way and you struggle to stop the behaviour, it could be considered an addiction.
This link explains a little about the chemical reaction in our brain that can lead to an activity or behaviour becoming addictive. This knowledge may help us understand such things as self harm, sex addiction and shop lifting (just to mention a few).
I will continue to post some articles and links that may further explain the behavioural addictive process.
Peace and harmony to all
LoneWolf
I had the most interesting of experiences the other day.
While out shopping I saw a young mum sitting in her car, breastfeeding her young baby. She was sitting discreetly with a towel obscuring her breasts. As I walked past her car, I heard a male fellow shopper telling her, in a voice that drew attention to the situation, that she “should go home where she belonged to feed her baby” and that “he didn’t want or need to see that in public”.
I was shocked, especially when I remembered that the week before I had seen the same gentleman on the beach happily taking in the view of all the young ladies, in bikinis that showed more breast, then this beautiful mother sitting in her car.
Peace and harmony to all
LoneWolf
Do you know someone who is ‘self harming’? Is it a loved one and you feel frustrated by lack of understanding? I shall be researching this issue and providing you with some informative links. Keep an eye on my Resources Page for information.
And please email me specific questions if you need to.
Peace and harmony to all
LoneWolf
Most people have something that they are afraid of, getting in a lift, spiders or snakes or any from this list. How we manage that depends on the phobia. If it is something that you don’t encounter every day, like “big foot”‘ your phobia probably will not impact your life, but if it is something like “leaving the house” it can be debilitating and have a profound impact on your quality of life. Trying to identify, resolve or accept your fear or phobia, can free you up to have a more fulfilled life. See my Resources Page for one method of addressing fears and phobias.
Peace and Harmony to all
LoneWolf