300 - Q & and A

In June, I conducted a week long poll on twitter, where 8 out of 9 people responded they were interested in a q & a for my 300th entry on this blog. 

I posted on twitter and facebook the same image as above, letting you, my readers, ask me questions, which I shall now answer.

299 - CBT for social phobia : an overview

Today was a special day for me, as it's the completion to 25 sessions & 17 months of CbT for social phobia, and marks the end of a cycle and a shift to the next stage of my healing, as well as a preparations for a new CBT.

Indeed, I finished this part of my healing path for social phobia, which I'll continue independently and alone, to perfect what I learned and to further my exposures on a regular basis, until the overall anxiety level reduces even more than it has thus far. 

298 - CBT2017-25 and exposures Nov 6-27

Today was the 25th, and very last CBT session for social phobia. I talked about my exposures of the past 3 weeks and overall progress thanks to the previous 24 sessions, and upcoming solo work for my social exposures, as well as preparations for the next stage of CBT - which will be for emeto and 3 other phobias. 

297 - Dermatofibroma part 4

From the title of this entry, you know the topic. It's the third chapter in my Dermatofibroma, as the first was last month's surgery where half of it was taken and sent to a lab ; the second was the stitches retrieval which was really tough.
The third was lab's answer was an inconclusive testing, requesting that I fix another appointment to get the rest of it out, and this brings us to today. 

296- 52weekgratitude - 47 - Opportunities

 

In this 52weekgratitude's 47th week's post, I had expressed my thanks and gratitude to a few mental health activists who offered me opportunities to engage in spreading awareness through their campaigns.

295 - Visiting An art exhibit

So, today I went to a local art exhibit called carnets de voyage, where 82 different artists and grouped art associations exhibited their art, all with the topic of travel diaries, but also some photography and collected objects.

294- Daily Impacts- Social phobia

This is the third entry in my series of daily impacts of mental illnesses. The first was for emeto & 3 other phobias. This series is inspired by Jodie's "what it feels like series" on her blog.

I explained several causes and types of anxiety that I experience in situations in my bucket-list, 
and my general anxieties here ; which I'll let you read before you come back here.

293- Daily impacts - Anxiety

As usual, I hereby announce a possible trigger warning. But hopefully, it shouldn't be too much. 

A small note on the image used here : it's one that I found online, labeled for reuse. I changed the background color, added my stick figure (my drawing skills aren't very good on the computer) and the text. The 2 in middle of the bridge pertains to second part of daily impacts.
Anxiety is the topic, between the two persons on top of the bridge. 

I explained several causes and types of anxiety that I experience in situations in my bucket-list, which I'll let you read before you come back here.

This is the second entry in my series of daily impacts of mental illnesses. The first was for emeto & 3 other phobias. This series is inspired by Jodie's "what it feels like series" on her blog.

292- I'm super grateful for technologies

Many technologies can be dangerous to use and have occasionally created quite a lot of damage - physical or social, due to technological advancements happening faster than human's capacity to use them with wisdom. However, there are some that can be used efficiently and safely. 

Even though I lost touch with some changes or dislike some of the societal or moral / ethical dilemmas some of them bring, I am thankful for quite a few technological advancements over the years and which I use daily, more or less. 

IT's already week 46 in the 52weekgratitude challenge, and today's subject is evident : Technology. 

291 - Men & mental health project, part 3

The aim of this post is to showcase my men's mental health projects, by showing my questions and my own answers as examples, so others may see what I wish to create.

290 - Men & mental health project, part 2

The projects announced in post 285 are taking form as the days pass. I discussed questions to ask with my wife and , thus far, the first project is on hold as I haven't found collaborators yet and am still in the process of searching for men who could participate; the second through forth projects will take time to gather as they are surveys, and i'll detail everything here after. 

289- 52weekgratitude 45 : Fun

As far as I understand it, what I do for fun  (week 45 in 52weekgratitude challenge) is a redundant topic, as it is close to hobbies (which was week 41) and to my self-care routines. 

So, this will be a short entry, with the sole purpose of redirecting to other entries on these topics.

288 - Oct 6 to Nov 6 exposures and CBT2017-24

Today was the 24th, and last CBT session purely for social phobia. Next one will be the final update to it with the results of my third Liebowitz scale of social anxiety (LSAS) that I'll fill and hand to my therapist in 3 weeks-time. 

287- 52weekgratitude 44 : Holidays

Week 44 of 52weekgratitude is about holidays. 

I don't really like any holiday. Those I do celebrate, I do so in a secular way, to break the monotony of everyday life ; and, I have to admit, to please my wife who likes some of them, especially Halloween for which we sometimes dress up and have makeup and photo shoots, as well as eating squash, but that part is for entire season and I'd eat squashes even if it weren't for any celebration whatever.