by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 11, 2019 | Curing Fear, Uncategorized |
Love creates. Fear destroys. There are two states we can be in— love or fear. Everything we feel resides somewhere on a spectrum of either one. Most often, we don’t have a choice as to how our nervous system reacts to perceived threats. (Those threats are... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Fatigue Is Normal In Benzo Withdrawal. Most people suffer from fatigue at some point as they are healing. It can be mild or completely debilitating, and it can come and go throughout the day. I’d feel it seeping into every cell of my body and I’d lie down... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 25, 2019 | Coping Skills |
At first, I had no clue. Even though my taper was fairly brutal from the get-go, I didn’t understand triggers. Not at first, anyway. I remember reading a post from a woman on a benzo website who was nine months out and suffering from a lot of triggers. She wrote... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 18, 2019 | Coping Skills |
*Warning, this post could be triggering for some. The day I lost my mind. I can’t recall the exact day. Was I just home from the hospital after my cold-turkey, or was it before I was carried into the emergency room and admitted? No matter. What I do... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 13, 2019 | Coping Skills |
Happy Valentines Day! If you are deep in the throes of benzo withdrawal, a day for celebrating love may not strike you as something to get all excited about. It’s not easy to think about love when it’s so hard to feel. For some, the day is a painful...