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Learning to Accept Limits in Order to Live a Fuller Life

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This blog is to help me be honest with myself and others about what it means to have OCD, anxiety, migraines, and a chronic physical condition. I’m here to share what I know and feel with others who may relate. Please comment and share! I live in the Northern United States but grew up in Texas. I love my lavender heating pad, tea of all types, and staying indoors when it’s cold. I love to travel and as a graduate student in Anthropology and Asian Studies I’ve spent a lot of time in India. Although I’m a teacher and enjoy teaching, this blog is more about sharing than teaching you how to live.

Save the USPS, Save America

August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 ~ endingmagicalthinking ~ 2 Comments

(Or at least part of it!) It’s not just the elderly that get their meds delivered by the mail. It’s also the disabled. And in the pandemic, it might be everyone. If there was a time to not gut the USPS, it would be in a pandemic. Especially now, the USPS is a lifeline for … Continue reading Save the USPS, Save America

Cupping: A luxury?

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Today I got cupping done. It hurt and I knew it would make things better so it was really worth it. I saw a medical massage therapist who does cupping. This is a real thing in case you don’t know: if you need a massage or bodywork done and you have a chronic condition or … Continue reading Cupping: A luxury?

Making Disability Visible

August 1, 2020 ~ endingmagicalthinking ~ Leave a comment

So Disability Pride Month ended yesterday. I didn’t even realize it had begun. I did realize that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was celebrating its 30th birthday because I did too this year. Disability Pride Month is an annual celebration that Americans with disabilities have at least some rights now. In theory, I’ve always … Continue reading Making Disability Visible

“My” Anxiety

July 28, 2020 ~ endingmagicalthinking ~ 1 Comment

Do you use identity-first or disability-first language? This is a continual negotiation for people with disabilities or disabled people (depending on which language you use). Our diagnoses and conditions shape our identity and we shape how we relate to them with our language. One way we also do this is by being possessive of our … Continue reading “My” Anxiety

Breathing is Hard

July 23, 2020 ~ endingmagicalthinking ~ 1 Comment

I’ve been feeling a lot of pain and anxiety in my body lately and I can’t meditate or do yoga, so I do pilates and I stress bake and cook, read, and watch movies because they distract me from my pain and ruminations at least a little bit. This picture is of one of my … Continue reading Breathing is Hard

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I read these books a month ago when I got to go south to socially-distance visit family and rest a bit. And read on the beach 🏖 📚I only read Disappearing Earth for the first time. To Say Nothing of the Dog was a reread as an adult. Do you ever read a book that you read as a child or teen and it feels like you’re reading it for the first time (because memory)? And Agatha Christie just soothes my soul when I’m tired and anxious. Even if it’s not my favorite—it’s a Christie. In between the migraines, anxiety, therapy, etc. I come back to reading. 📚Every damn time. What else can you do when you can’t get out of bed? 🛏🥱
I’ve been watching and enjoying Fargo Season 4 (even if arguably it’s not the best season) and after a few episodes I realized that one of the main characters had OCD. Odis is a cop who clearly needs to perform repeated compulsions like shutting a door and clicking a car door lock multiple times. He also has “just right” compulsions and needs to order things in rows and make sure they are aligned just so.
The election did a number on my mental and physical health. I know I’m not the only one.
#scoliosis #disabled #disabilities #invisibledisabilities #chronicpain #chronicpainawareness #spoonie #spoonielife #spooniesupport #spooniecommunity #spooniestrong
I just finished The Stationery Shop 📖by Marjan Kamali for book club 📚and I have mixed feelings, mainly about Mrs. Aslan, one of the mother characters. She has an undiagnosed mental illness that causes her to really resent her son’s desire to marry the protagonist. I won’t give any spoilers here.
Two of my favorite things in the world are lavender and early grey, which I frequently have as a tea but I found a recipe and baked them into a cookie! Here are my lavender and early grey cookies. Perfect with my tea and a book on a gray fall day ☕️🍪🌥📚

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