by Aden Blake | Jul 15, 2022 | Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, Toxic Relationships
When you wipe me clean of all my responsibilities and hurdles, what am I left with? A blank slate to work with and build from, but also a type of freedom I’m not quite used to or comfortable with. The unknown is scary. Let’s face it, trying new things,...
by Aden Blake | Jul 13, 2022 | Mental Health, Vulnerability
Recently, during an evaluation for surgery, I was asked, “Once you have this surgery, what do you think it will change for you?” and that hit hard because I didn’t have a real answer. The honest answer was that I was looking for a quick fix to feel...
by Aden Blake | Mar 16, 2022 | Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, Toxic Relationships, Vulnerability
For a long time, I thought my partner also needed to be my therapist. At some point, I stopped seeking new friendships or maintaining old ones. I blamed it on getting older and having responsibilities and no available time, but I’m sure there were lots of factors that...
by Aden Blake | Mar 15, 2022 | Anxiety, Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, Toxic Relationships, Vulnerability
How do I suffocate the urge to continue seeking validation from my parents? It’s been something that has followed me for as long as I can remember, and I can’t seem to shake it. I thought if I went back to school and got my GED after I dropped out, they would notice.I...
by Aden Blake | Feb 28, 2022 | Mental Health
I don’t know when I decided that being in your 30’s was considered “old”. Maybe because I had kids earlier than everyone around me or felt like every 30 year old was ancient when I was younger but that kind of mindset created an uninspired overweight person who lacked...
by Aden Blake | Feb 9, 2022 | Anxiety, Mental Health
Why do we constantly feel like we have to be doing something? Building a side-hustle, enrolling our kids in 500 after school activities, vacationing to exotic places, picking up the house, scrolling social media, and more more more. It never stops. We never want to...
