A couple weeks ago, a friend of a friend hooked me up with a sports psychologist-in-training. She’s working on getting her clinical hours completed, so she’s started counseling. Because I have awesome connections was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, I’ve started meeting with her for an hour, once …
Tag Archive: Mental health
The Rut Returns
Sitting here at my computer, I’m realizing that it could be worthwhile for me to start keep track of the times when I feel like I’ve fallen into a rut. Is there a pattern? Am I in a rut so often that what I think of as a rut is actually my normal? Maybe I …
Outside/Inside
This past week has been full of ups and downs (and pretty extreme ones, at that). When the downs first hit, I thought they were just a sign that I’d be getting my period, and that they’d go away (which is what usually happens). Instead, they were just the beginning of an emotional roller coaster–one …
Embrace: Responding
For a long time, my mom and I have had this joke about a website we want to create. It would be called Doctor Commonsense, and would consist of really straightforward “problems” that the good doctor would solve. An example: “Hungry? Try eating something! You’ll be surprised at how well it works!” I’m not sure …
Dear Women’s Running
I recently came across an article in Women’s Running Magazine on the subject of disordered eating. The first time I read it, it bothered me. I decided to sit with it for a while, and see if the feeling would pass. After a few days, it didn’t. So I sat down and wrote the following letter …
