I tend to “cocoon” when under stress. Another way to describe it is that I hide my head in the sand. I ignore the world around me, my focus narrows to include only those things that directly impact me. I ignore everything else. If I don’t know about things, they [...]

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          The past few years have been a journey through an emotional storm. True to my personalty, I often ignored or minimized the effects of that storm. Unfortunately, that didn’t make them any less devastating. It actually left me confused and wondering why life became more and more difficult and depressing. [...]

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          What a way to start the New Year! Late with my first post of the year I could bore you with tales of adjusting to a full-time 11pm-7am physically intensive job on top of chaotic family and holiday activities, but I won’t. I’ll just apologize for posting this late and [...]

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