Genetic testing for medications has gained popularity in the past few years especially in the psychiatric community. Also called Pharmacogenetics, this genome testing analyzes your DNA to determine how your body will react to certain medications. I’ve had the testing done myself, so has my daughter as well as another member of my family. We’ve…
Depression is a devourer of happiness and contentment. What better way to battle the beast than to actively work at being happy and content if only for a brief while. So, in honor of the month of gratitude, I have decided this November to post on my personal Facebook page one thing a day that…
October started with monsters. Not the kind hiding under the bed or wandering around in old horror movies. The more ordinary kind. Jealousy. Resentment. Anger. Pettiness. Envy. Selfishness. Judgment. Need. The desire to be noticed. The desire to be right. The thoughts and reactions that make us stop and think, “Well… THAT wasn’t my finest…
One of Ryland’s therapies is ABA. ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. A search on the internet will bring up several articles questioning the ethics of ABA therapy arguing that its core principles are cruel. We have not had that experience. Not to say that unkindness doesn’t happen, there is certainly room for it, but…
One of the worst things that I have come to face this summer while dealing with the pending divorce is that I have completely lost who I am. I have come to realize that I have absolutely no idea who I am as a person. I know what I am and was – a mother,…
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