ItsMeDanniG

  The pain in sharing The months after my recovery from my nervous breakdown/ spiritual awakening/ freeze mode/ darkness episode, I began living in a fantasy world believing I was “cured”/ enlightened to the issues I had been facing for a lifetime. I spent a few months living in lockdown, enjoying myself with the love of my life in an unfamiliar environment surrounded my nature in Northern Vietnam. During this time, I completely stopped focusing on my mental health. I truly felt happy within myself and externally. Even through the external difficulties I was facing at the time with homesickness/ visa issues/ work related issues I still felt fundamentally happy and I can truly say right now that I’m closer than ever to becoming more fulfilled. Recently I began sharing on social media again, I really feel the pull towards sharing a story that’s relatable to so many people but also untold within the general public/ locality. People respond to my stories about how “brave” it is t...

  My Healing Journey 1 In January 2021, I began mentioning to some friends that I was becoming more and more interested about the philosophy and the workings of Traditional Chinese Medicine because I had heard a lot of success stories about treatments for ailments that had been unsuccessfully treated through Western medicine. I have always had an interest in medicine and the human body. I completed a degree in Public Health in 2017. In February, I met a girl who was studying an introduction to Chinese Medicine and acupuncture. I had never been treated before but had watched many videos on YouTube videos as an educational resource and had talked about friends experiences in detail with them. When I had the panic attack March 2021, I thought it had severely and perhaps permanently impacted my life forever. I was in a very dark place, finding very small windows in the day where I could find the words to speak, myself  or the ability to have any stimulation (light, noise, conv...

Exercise: MAKE A LIST OF YOUR HOBBIES and WHY and HOW they benefit your life. They can help release trauma

How to begin LOVING   your true self

  Exercise: Before writing what you'd like to accomplish in the next 5 years, recognize what you already HAVE. Before I wrote this in my journal I had no idea how many things I accomplished, and i felt a real sense of pride. 1. What have you accomplished in the past 5 years? 2. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?  3. Weird one; but what would you like people to say when you die?