Learning To Fly, To Ilene’s Place!

ByTamara

Well, not in real life. Although that would be the best and wait until you see the photos of when that happens.

A biggest lesson I learned in 2012 was that it didn’t matter so much why I had mild to severe situational anxiety at times – it was how. How I coped while feeling anxious, and how I prevented more anxiety from happening right then and there, and into the future.

This gift was a lightbulb over my head. It was like that moment in 11th grade “Human Behavior” class when my teacher, Mrs. Rizzo, told us to stop memorizing and to start learning. Why I hadn’t figured that out earlier, I’ll never know, but my vocabulary, science and math tests were all A’s after that.

I’m what you’d call a “silent sufferer.” Real-life friends and family, this does not mean I was always suffering when you saw me. This does mean, however, that I may have been at times and I was probably frustrated and upset to learn that I never knew when it would happen and I didn’t always know how to stop it and ask for help. I don’t know if you can completely stop mental illness..

..but I do know you can fight it tooth and nail. Especially when it takes you away from what you don’t want to be taken away from:

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Remember that feeling of mobility you get when you passed your driver’s test? Find out how battling anxiety gives me that same feeling..of feeling possible. And I haven’t gotten Tom Petty’s “Learning To Fly” out of my head for days. Join me at Ilene’s blog today to read more about it.

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Tamara is a professional photographer, a mama of four, a Lifestyle Blogger/Social Media Influencer/Brand Ambassador, and a nearly professional cookie taster. She has been known to be all four of those things at all hours of the day and night. She is a very proud contributor to the book, The Mother Of All Meltdowns, the Stigma Fighters Anthology (volume 1), and The HerStories Project: So Glad They Told Me. She is also a proud Community Lead and a regular contributor to the SoFab Food blog, and the Target Made Me Do It blog. After two cross country moves, due to her intense Bi-Coastal Disorder, she lives with her husband, four kids, five dogs, cat, and 30 chickens in glorious western Massachusetts.

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40 Comments

  10. In recent years I have realized I have way more anxiety than I would like to admit. A lot of it comes on whenever I head to visit where I grew up. It's hard to hone in on the source at times and it's even harder to talk about.I'm also that silent sufferer {although my husband can always tell}Thank you for sharing mama … can't wait to read the rest!¤´¨) ¸.•*´ (¸¤ Lanaya | xoxoRaising-Reagan.com

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  11. Thanks for sharing Tamara. I believe talking about what's going on helps me release some anxiety. Headed over to Ilene's now.

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  13. I'm sorry that you have had such a struggle but so happy that things are better now that you are in treatment!!!

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  26. I have a friend who deals with anxiety. I didn’t even know it for the first few years. I know it’s a struggle for her. So glad you’ve been winning the battle. Heading on over to see the rest!

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