Sharing my journey to a slow, intentional life.
One blog post at a time.
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Knowing when you’re having a nervous breakdown doesn’t mean you’re going out of control (even though it feels like it). A nervous breakdown (also called a mental breakdown) is a term that describes a period of extreme mental or emotional stress. Consequently, the stress is so great that the person…
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Misery. It can make a few minutes feel endless, while a difficult period may later seem strangely blank in memory. If that’s familiar, I want you to know your experience deserves care, even when the clock tells a different story. Still, distress doesn’t affect everyone’s sense of time the same…
● Latest Articles
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How Anxiety Can Cause a Feeling of Detachment From Reality
Detachment. It can feel frightening when you look at your hands and they seem unfamiliar, or when the room around you feels strangely unreal. You…
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Suspicions: How to Sit With Uncertainty
Suspicions. Sometimes they arrive after something small: a delayed reply, a change in someone’s voice, a feeling you can’t quite explain. Before long, you’re wondering…
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What to Do When You Feel Defeated by Life
Defeated, you may feel like you have run out of strength, answers, and places to turn. Failure, grief, stress, depression, anxiety, money problems, loneliness, or…
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Inner Peace and the Practice of Letting Go
Inner peace is something I thought I would never achieve. I was so at war with myself because of the mental illnesses, I believed there…
● About Me
Hi, I’m Cindee, the creator and author behind one voice in the vastness of emotions. I’ve been dealing with depression and schizophrenia for three decades. I’ve been combating anxiety for ten years. Mental illnesses have such a stigma behind them that it gets frustrating. People believe that’s all you are, but you’re so much more. You can strive to be anything you want without limitations. So, be kind.