Lessons Learned on My Journey through Anxiety and Depression: Part 4
It has been nearly two years now since the onset of my anxiety. As I think over these last two years and see how much I have learned and how much I have grown as well as how much I have suffered and continue, to a much smaller degree, to suffer, I’m at the same time grateful for this experience and filled with regret. I still am filled with questions of why? Why did I have to go through this, and why do I still need to experience anxiety to the level I still do? To some extent, I can answer these questions. My faith has grown exponentially, as has my strength, my character, and my tolerance of suffering. And I know there’s still growth that needs to happen. I am not there yet. And, really, I don’t know if I’ll ever be “there.” The primary thing I continue to suffer from, besides the increasingly rare incidence of actual anxiety and the on edge feeling I more often feel, are constant palpitations. I feel these palpitations most notably as a strong pulse in my hands and in my he...
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Thank you,
Lena
I really have no idea where I got my Rosary diagram. It may be from our CCD program or from a friend of mine. It's been sitting around our house for quite a while, waiting for the boys to be old enough to learn about how to say the Rosary. It looks like it's from some kind of book, since it has page numbers on the bottom corners. Sorry I can't help more.
Kim