Tag: Mental Health

Mental Health Monday 🧠

“Panic Disorder: When Fear Overwhelms”

I was recently diagnosed with Panic Disorder. It is a type of anxiety disorder that fosters a sudden and intense fleeting feeling of fear and overwhelming anxiety. These sudden and unexpected panic attacks surface when there is no real threat of imminent danger.

What are the signs and symptoms of panic disorder?

+ Sudden and repeated panic attacks of overwhelming anxiety and fear
+ A feeling of being out of control, or a fear of death or impending doom during a panic attack
+ An intense worry about when the next panic attack will happen
+ A fear or avoidance of places where panic attacks have occurred in the past

Physical symptoms during a panic attack may include:
+ Pounding or racing heart
+ Sweating
+ Chills
+ Trembling
+ Difficulty breathing
+ Weakness or dizziness
+ Tingly or numb hands
+ Chest pain
+ Stomach pain or nausea

I am in the beginning stages of treating my panic disorder. The first step after being diagnosed was educating myself in depth. My only hope is that my vulnerability promotes those struggling with panic disorder to seek help, education, and mental well-being.

In mental solidarity,

Live. 🤍

Cheers to the warriors who continue to live and fight like hell through the depression, devastation, and destruction. Year by year. Month by month. Moment by moment.

DID YOU KNOW? I hid my mental health struggles for YEARS. Hiding my mental instability ultimately only did me and those around me a disservice.

In this sense, don’t be like me.

Help is available. Seek it. Please.

You are not alone. Never have been. Never will be. 🤍

Survivor’s Remorse 🤍

Summer 2020 vs. Summer 2024

When DeAndree was murdered in July of 2020, I felt immense and persistent survivor’s remorse. I felt helpless and powerless. Although we were separated at the time of his death, I felt I wasn’t whole without him.

While he was resting peacefully and still is, I had to continue living when I didn’t want to. When it ached the worst. When the pain was the most unbearable and unimaginable.

I am here to assure you that God is a comforter. I thank God for His mercy, love, strength, and support.

For my fellow grief warriors, I hear you. I see you. I am you.

🤍

“I was blinded by survivor’s remorse,
I was supposed to build.

…Still solid, still here.”

-Roddy Ricch

THEGOODQUOTE 💌

@thegoodquote
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Even the healer requires healing, the planner craves surprises, and the giver longs to receive. Likewise, the thoughtful yearn to be thought of, and the considerate seek consideration. We all have moments when we need what we freely give to others. Let’s remember to nurture ourselves, embrace unexpected joys, and graciously accept the kindness bestowed upon us. In a world where we often put others first, it’s essential to honor our own needs, too. ⁠
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Who will you extend a gesture of kindness to today? Let’s spread love and reciprocity, nurturing each other’s spirits along the way.

There is hope. There is help. You are not alone.

As a mental health advocate it is my duty to be transparent during my times of distress as well.

This morning, because of severe mental instability, I almost did a walk-in to the 707 Crisis Care Center. I was unstable, unable and overwhelmed emotionally.

But God!

My Mommy literally talked me off the ledge. She exhorted me and spoke the very life she gave me, back into me. She gave me hope. She summoned her strength to support me through my fragile moment.

I was blessed with the very best! I thank God for my mother’s strength, love and support. We all paused this past Sunday to celebrate Mother’s Day but please never forget that a mother’s job is 365 days. Where they get no French benefits, vacation days or time off.

Mommy, with everything in me, thank you. 🤍

For anyone experiencing a mental health crisis, the 707 Crisis Care Center is here to assist. Located at:

707 W. Milwaukee Ave
Detroit, MI 48202-2943

There is hope. There is help. You are not alone.

Acknowledge. Feel. Heal. ✨️

Busyness is a coping mechanism. An act of escapism. An emotional numb.

Slow down. Take up space. Feel all the feels. Confront your trauma. Let your journey hold your hand while you heal yourself. To heal is to touch with compassion with which you previously touched with fear.

Be brave enough to heal yourself, even when it hurts the most. Please, just take the first step toward overcoming.

Battling and Beating Depression 🧠

Remember – even the strongest souls get exhausted. The strongest human beings, the ones who laugh the loudest and hope the hardest. The ones who are always there for others, those souls often need people there for them. So, please check on your kind friends. Check on the people in our life who are tender, the ones who are always open to give so much of who they are for those who need it. Check on the people in your life who love with every ounce of their being, who feel deeply and care deeply, and try to fix and mend and make sure that those around them are okay. Please, just check on the people in your life who are brave and who are soft for this world. Check on the people in your life who protect others at all costs because those souls need protecting, too. Those souls need to be reminded that they deserve the love they keep giving to everyone else.

-Bianca Sparacino

Thank you all so much for your love, encouragement, and prayers as I’ve been seeking extensive outpatient psychiatric treatment for my depression. I’m truly overwhelmed with your well wishes. Every day I am getting stronger and better.

With everything in me, thank you. 🩷