Mariet

Hello, I’m so glad you came back!   It’s been a reflective few days since my very first post. I shared with you guys a lot about my past, my story, and it was quite therapeutic, I must say! I didn’t expect that. It was such a load off my shoulders. I think I did quite a lot of processing while I wrote and rewrote parts of it. But I mustn’t stop there… I’ve come this far, so I better see it through, don’t you think? There is more. If you haven’t read my first post, I recommend that you do. It will make a lot more sense that way! The next bit of my journey was such a necessary step in getting my mind back on track, so that I could move forward. I still felt stuck. Like a big truck stuck in the mud, the tires spinning, mud flying everywhere, but not much was happening. No forward movement. Nope, I needed something bigger to haul me out. Why Can’t I Let Go?! I couldn’t understand that, even though I had finally mentally put the past behind me, particular things kept clawi

Well, hello there! How kind of you to stop by. No, really, because I don't know what on earth I'm doing. I'm a newbie! The truth is, I'm taking a leap of faith and telling you a bit about me - eeek!  It has taken me a lot of courage to do this. A lot of 'Should I? Shouldn't I?' I guess in the long run I'd like to post about all sorts of stuff, but at the moment I have certain things on my mind because of what I've been dealing with. I hope in the next while that I might be able to help anyone that is going through the struggles I've been through, by sharing a bit of my story with you and how I'm working through my battle.... Anxiety. Even the word puts a lump in my stomach. I was always a very shy and timid child. Looking back, especially after the last 3-4 years, I realize that anxiety was something I was at war with right from the very start. I just couldn't cope with pressure. I failed my English assessment at primary school