Life, Love, & Laundry — mental health

I thought I would take this blog to explain why I am spastic with my blog posts.  I have had several people compliment my writing style, and say they enjoy reading my blogs. One person even said I am her favourite blogger. (Awww....so sweet!). Now having this information, you might think this would make me more likely to try and be consistent and encourage me to write more. Unfortunately, my brain works opposite than "normal" when it comes to things like this.  Hearing these compliments actually makes writing blogs more stressful. If I wrote, assuming no one read or enjoyed,...

Imagine the person you love most in the entire world suddenly bursts into sobbing tears, burying their head in their hands.  The sob becomes more like the sound of a seal or a child with croup until you realize they are not really breathing but grasping for air.  You see their lips and face turning blue and their eyes turn from sadness to terror as they are unable to breath.  Holding them in your arms, a million thoughts race through your mind all at once and you need to choose one of those thoughts that might help.  Their body is...

This is a very hard post for me. I am a very private person when it comes to things I am dealing with. I hardly ever talk about things that "really" matter. But I believe this issue is too important to not discuss. Too important to me and my family, cause it effects us as a family, any friendships I have, as well as our business. I have a lot of weird, rare disorders and things that affect me. The one I am going to talk about today is PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder). I suffer from this....and suffer is true...