Author: Laura-Kay
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Suffering, Happiness, and the Hedonic Treadmill
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Why, God, why??? Why won’t you take away my pain? Why won’t you heal me? Why won’t you change my husband and my kids? Why won’t you change my circumstances? WHY WON’T YOU FIX MY PROBLEMS?? When God Won’t Remove the Problem (yet) I’ve been listening to an audiobook by…
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“I think I’m Going Blind!” – and Other Anxieties
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Floaters! It started a few weeks ago. I was noticing floaters in my eyes. If you’ve had floaters before, you know what I mean. The squiggly lines, specks, and cobwebs happily floated across my vision as I went through my daily life. If I looked at a computer screen, they…
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Schadenfreude – “Damage Joy” – Happiness When Others Fail
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Schaden – what? Ever felt secretly glad that something bad was happening to somebody else? Then you are no stranger to schadenfreude! Schadenfreude – a German word meaning “damage” and “joy”. In other words, it’s that feeling of happiness when somebody bad happens to somebody else. You’ve felt it. And…
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I Wasn’t Feeling Snippy Until You Suggested It!
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“Why are you being so snippy?!” Huh? Me, snippy? I wasn’t feeling snippy at all. I merely made a suggestion that I thought would help! But you know what… now that you said that… I’m annoyed. I didn’t appreciate that. I’m feeling a little grumpy. In fact… I’m feeling snippy.…
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“I Want It Perfect!” – How to Hinder Your Progress
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“Perfect is the enemy of good.” I’m not sure who said that. It’s been attributed to Voltaire. I first heard it on an episode of “Blue Bloods.” What’s Wrong with Perfect? It sets the bar so high that it is impossible to reach it. If it’s an unattainable goal, you’ll…
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Depression and the Disappearance of Positive Thoughts… My Story
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Great News! It was fall of 2002. I had just found out I was expecting our first baby! The next step was to call my doctor and find out whether I could continue to take my migraine medication while I was pregnant. But… The migraine medication was also an antidepressant.…
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A Journey of a Million Miles…
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That’s how you take the journey of a thousand miles. You put one foot in front of the other. And you keep doing that until you get there. My husband was recently watching Meg 2. I’ve never seen Meg 1, but I sat down while he was watching Meg 2…
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Control, Anxiety, and Learned Helplessness
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For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been going back and forth between listening to a motivational speaker and reading a book about how our human desire to control everything leads to a great deal of anxiety. Think positive. If we want to do anything in life, we must believe…
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Are You Insecure Over Stuff That’s All In Your Head?
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My husband and I had been married for just a couple of years when we decided to attend a one-day marriage seminar. I was hoping that I would see a certain friend and her husband there. But when they didn’t show up, I thought, “Well, why would they attend a…
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One Great Time to Be Negative
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Is there ever a good time to be negative? Oh, yes. Remember Egypt? The ancient Israelites had been slaves in Egypt. They were mistreated. They were beaten. They were forced to make bricks without straw. They begged God to deliver them. And God did. Through a series of miraculous events,…