Tag: "guilt"

Five Types of Guilt After Pregnancy Loss
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Five Types of Guilt After Pregnancy Loss

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You can never anticipate the feelings you will go through following a pregnancy loss. Nothing in life prepares you for it and no one ever thinks it will happen to them. Of all the emotions I went through after each of my three losses, the one that kept surprising me over and over again was […]

Dealing with Distractions
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Dealing with Distractions

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I have tinnitus. The more common term for it is “ringing in the ears.” It’s not a disease but rather a symptom of many, many things. There’s no easy way for me to trace what it is that is causing the persistent, high-pitched sound inside my head. It could be my depression and anxiety; it […]

On Being a Bad Catholic
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On Being a Bad Catholic

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I’m a bad Catholic.  Do you know how I know?  I took my Christmas trees down before Epiphany.  That’s right. By January 2 I couldn’t stand the clutter anymore and we took them down.  I did leave the Nativity scene up, but the trees are gone. I’ve never done the Liturgy of the Hours.  Never. […]