Let's Start

Hello, I don't know how many people or who is seeing this but I can hope that at some point...

 this reaches someone who needs it.

 Since this blog is going to get rather personal, I wanted to start by breaking through that first wall: who am I other than another person writing another mental health blog.

 This is a hard one because, well.... who am I? 

At this time, I'm a 28 year old small town girl who has sights on bigger things. I'm a teacher of littles, and sometimes wonder who's idea that was. I'm a psychology student, working on my masters which I will receive next year.

 There are so many things that define me:

 dancer, photographer, artist, lover, passionate... 

honestly, the list could go on forever, but the two things that people tend to push off to the side or forget about:

 I live with an emotional imbalance called Hypersensitivity as well as a mental "disorder" called Acute Stress Disorder.

I want to break each of those down and explain them in detail,

I'm sure that will take multiple posts within itself,

because I feel like maybe I can help someone understand, or feel less alone. 

I'm going to post about my attacks, my hard days, my good days, how I get through certain barriers, stigmas, coping mechanisms, my experiences and throw a few education based posts in there every once in awhile. 

(Please keep in mind that other than the education based ones - which will have references - everything is going to be based off of my own personal diagnosis, experiences and thoughts. These will not be true for everyone!)

My imbalance and "disorder" do not define me, but they are a part of who I am and it is important to acknowledge that. Some days are great, some I crash hard and hopefully... 

those hard days when I post, will reach someone who needs it too.

With this being a vulnerable place, I ask for love, support and respect for myself and for anyone who chooses to comment. If you would like me to go more in depth about a topic, whether I've talked about it here or it is something else you're interested (other mental/emotional disorders/imbalances or psychology topics or situational basis preferred) about, please comment and I will do my best to make a post about it. 

So, let's start;