What are your symptoms? How long do they last? Are there any triggers? What brings relief? Have you had these symptoms before? What else do you recall? What’s different this time? Blah…blah…blah… I often think that if I had to be part of a criminal investigation, where Hydrocephalus is...
Articles with the Tag Anxiety
Hydrocephalus : What’s your 2018 going to be like?
With every new year comes a wave of resolutions. We set out goals which, we hope to achieve or attain. Some we succeed at, some fail as soon as they begin and others…well, let’s just say we manage to take detours that sometimes leave us pondering. This new year,...
What do you do when you HAVE to be the strong one despite having Hydrocephalus?
Diagnosed at age 29, in full-time employment and a mother of 2 (now 3), I had no other choice but to be strong. The thing about being diagnosed with an invisible illness and going through 4 brain surgeries is that not even your own family gets it. They look...
Selective Mutism : Different from the start
I am a mother of 3, 2 boys (15 and 12) and a daughter (age 6) who has Selective Mutism also known as SM. I hadn’t heard of this before, had no clue about it but have recently decided to start blogging about our journey. It’s a topic which needs...
Selective Mutism (SM) : The start of a journey
There are so many conditions, disorders, diseases, etc in the world affecting people around us. Most of these we have or will never come into contact with simply because those closest to us remain unaffected…life carries on in this case. However, Selective Mutism is something which has entered my...
Why let work make you anxious?
How often don’t we let work stress us out? Is it really worth it? I’m sure, just like me, you’ve been there too. Getting all worked up because of something someone at work didn’t do or, because of the decisions management make that affect you negatively. Maybe you’re a...