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Dida-isms

Dida-isms

Chronic Pain. Anxiety. Addiction. Fibromyalgia.

These are either snippets of info, quotes from my stories, or just little thoughts I’ve had that I think others may relate to. I felt there needed to be a collection for people to view whenever they need a laugh, inspiration, or just to relate.

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Addiction Dida-isms (Instagram)

  • Addiction: It's agonizing knowing someone is out there you love but you can't have them in your life because a drug controls them.
  • Aren't you tired of addiction? Tired of trying to get your next fix? Tired of trying to make up excuse after excuse & forgetting your lies? Tired of people being mad at you? Tired of feeling guilty? Tired of doing things you never thought you'd do. Tired of a drug controlling every thought? Stop. Take control back. It can be done..addiction kills & destroys. Sobriety saves & heals. Get clean
  • Risk Factors For Addiction: This graphic doesn't cover all the risk factors, nor can it tell you how significant each will be to whether or not addiction takes hold, but it CAN give you an idea of how high your risk is compared to someone without any of these factors. Add up your points to get a basic idea of what your level of risk COULD be. The higher the points, the more likely you are to develop addiction if you decide to drink or use drugs: One point for EACH parent or grandparent with addiction/alcoholism. One point if anyone drank around you during your childhood. One point for EACH mental health condition that affects you. One point if people drink or use drugs around you now. One point for EACH trauma you have experienced or if you have been abused. writtenbydida.com
  • If you are an addict: Designate a next of kin. If you don't have a family, SOMEONE needs to be able to take care of things without having to fight to do it & your barely 18-yr old children shouldn't be stuck in a position to have to deal with the consequences of your addiction. For more on addiction go to writtenbydida.com
  • Addiction: No one does their first drug, or takes their first drink, thinking "I want to be an addict/alcoholic" writtenbydida.com
  • I need 5 minutes with a millionaire who actually wants to help the addiction crisis
  • The solution to addiction is not eradicating illegal drugs or substance abuse; it's eradicating the NEED to abuse the substance. writtenbydida.com
  • Addiction: Once you've made it to a certain point in your dependency, the why doesn't really matter anymore because your drug of choice becomes the why.
  • Every single addict matters. writtenbydida.com
  • Addicts are masters at rationalizing their drug use
  • Blaming, shaming, ignoring, pitying, neglecting, or hating drug addicts will not do anything to help the problem that is affecting so many people in this country.
  • You are not too smart to od. You DON'T have it under control, you're killing yourself and tearing those that love you apart. Sobriety Saves. Reach Out. Get Clean.
  • When you choose to stop enabling someone in active addiction you have to be prepared for manipulation& anger.
  • I've seen so much tragedy that I now rapid-cycle through the grief process. Addiction kills. Sobriety saves. Please get help! writtenbydida.com
  • If you're addicted please get help. It will kill you.
  • Addiction is a disease that can be triggered or exacerbated by choices that are made. writtenbydida.com
  • Addiction: If you want to get or stay sober, I am here for you. writtenbydida.com

Addiction Dida-isms (Pinterest)

  • Addiction: It's agonizing knowing someone is out there you love, but you can't have them in your life becauwe a drug has control over them. Reach out for helo. Get clean
  • Addiction: You ARE NOT too smart to OD. You DON'T have it under control, You're killing yourself and tearing those that love you apart. Sobriety Saves. Reach out. Get clean
  • Aren't you tired of addiction? Tired of trying to get your next fix? Tired of trying to make up excuse after excuse & forgetting your lies? Tired of people being mad at you? Tired of feeling guilty? Tired of doing things you never thought you'd do. Tired of a drug controlling every thought? Stop. Take control back. It can be done..addiction kills & destroys. Sobriety saves & heals. Get clean
  • I'm sick of funerals, sick of crying, sick of overdoses, sick of the wasted potential & what could have been & destroyed families & dreams, sick of all the lying & devastated seeing children growing up without their parents, many times continuing the cycle. Stop killing yourself- Get clean.
  • Even one drink is enough to start someone with a predisposition to alcoholism or addiction down a dangerous path; yet we continue to normalize social drinking while expecting the addiction crisis to improve.
  • To make is safe for chronic pain patients to use opiates, we need to: *make stricter monitoring programs for pharmaceutical companies, the actual pharmacies & doctors, & enforce them. *require ALL medical professionals to be re-educated on how to properly manage pain in their chronic pain patients & taught an entirely new way of monitoring & educating the patient *educate people starting in elementary & continuing through adulthood
  • Addicts are masters at rationalizing their drug use.
  • Addiction: Once you've made it to a certain point in your dependency, the why doesn't really matter anymore because your drug of choice becomes the why.
  • Addiction: Blaming, shaming, ignoring, neglecting, pitying, or hating drug addicts will not do anything to help the problem that is affecting so many people in this country
  • Tips for recovering addicts on writtenbydida.com: 1. Take it one minute at a time if that's what it takes. Those minutes WILL turn into hours, then the hours into days; 2. When you get the urge to use, pick up the phone and call a CLEAN, trusted friend; 3. Find meetings to attend & a program to work. It helps fill up idle time that may tempt you to do other things & also connects you with others in recovery; 4. Remove toxic people from your life & avoid places where you used before. Find healthy hobbies to participate in like volunteer work.

Anxiety Dida-isms (Instagram)

  • When Anxiety is involved, a small concern can turn into an overwhelming, irrational, obsessive fear that leads to abnormal behavior that we wouldn't usually see as reasonable.
  • Tools To Battle Anxiety: Create a daily management routine, Use healthy aggression relieving techniques, Try the Logic Challenge, Find healthy distractions, Yoga, essential oils, & meditation, Use meds when needed, conservatively, Use the Anxiety Cards, Use the 54321 technique
  • Without Anxiety: Small decisions: What to wear around the house. Somewhat more important: Where to go on a date. Major decisions: Which house to buy. Life or death: Healthcare decisions. WITH ANXIETY: Life or death decisions: What to wear around the house, Where to go on a date, Which house to buy,Healthcare decisions.
  • There is not an easy fix for anxiety. all you can do is accept that it will affect you & be prepared with grounding techniques when it does.writtenbydida.com
  • Anxiety can feel hopeless when the fear from doubting everything is mistaken for a lack of motivation. writtenbydida.com
  • Anxiety- Makes decision-making so hard that even the smallest decisions seem overwhelming. writtenbydida.com
  • Blogging with Anxiety: Me: They commented on my stuff. I need to comment back!! Anxiety: What are you gonna say? Me: I don't know yet, but I have to interact. Anxiety: Whatever you write is gonna souns stupid, or sappy, or just awkward. You're reeaall good at awkward. Me: I really hate you. writtenbydida.com
  • Anxiety- Makes decision-making so hard that even the smallest decisions seem overwhelming. writtenbydida.com
  • Anxiety Makes you question every decision, even when you know you're right, because of the "what if's" running through your head
  • Health Anxiety Dida-ism: Use the logic challenge- 1. Breathe. Take a moment to really evaluate and decide what physical symptoms are really happening; 2. Look up the official risk factors for whatever you seem to be exhibiting. Physically write them down; 3. Beside that list write down only the ones that 100% apply to you; 4. If you don't have many significant risk factors, keep repeating to yourself that it's just the anxiety. It can sometimes help to write it several times, too. **This is taking into consideration any medical conditions you have. Please make sure you are telling your doctor about these episodes so they can determine if there is an underlying physical condition. Use this technique after you have been cleared by a physician, whenever it happens again.
  • Anxiety Makes you question every decision, even when you know you're right, because of the "what if's" running through your head
  • Anxiety: Staring at the ringing phone, trying to convince yourself the world won't end if you answer it.
  • Anxiety Tips: 1. Do your research. Knowledge helps fight anxiety. 2. Slow down & breathe. 3. Find a technique that helps you during a panic attack. 4. Talk it out, or write it down. 5. Start a daily anxiety management routine. 4. Join a support group. You don't have to talk, just read, or listen.
  • “YOU AREN'T THINKING OF EVERYTHING. YOU'RE MISSING SOMETHING AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE ENTIRE WORLD CRUMBLE AROUND YOU. IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE THE RIGHT THING FOR DINNER, YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE WILL SUFFER! IF YOU DON'T GET EVERYTHING DONE PERFECTLY, EVERYTHING WILL BE RUINED……”
  • If I've learned anything about the mourning process, it's that it can be drastically different for everyone at different stages of their lives & each loss is unique to each person. Whether it's loss of a loved one, or the loss of innocence, career, or even money- Grief can free you, or consume you; deaden your emotions, or be a cathartic experience; turn you into something you never meant to be, or show you who you really are. It can be your reason to do better, or excuse to be worse. You can make the loss matter, or have it wasted- the only one who can choose is you.

Anxiety Dida-isms (Pinterest)

  • Anxiety Dida-ism (Pinterest)
    Anxiery Tips Dida-ism
  • Anxiety: Staring at the ringing phone, trying to convince yourself the world WON'T end if you answer it.
  • Anxiety makes you question every decision, even when you KNOW you're right because of the endless "what if's" running through your head
  • Anxiety makes decision-making so hard that even the smallest decisions seem overwhelming
  • Health Anxiety Dida-ism: Use the logic challenge- 1. Breathe. Take a moment to really evaluate and decide what physical symptoms are really happening; 2. Look up the official risk factors for whatever you seem to be exhibiting. Physically write them down; 3. Beside that list write down only the ones that 100% apply to you; 4. If you don't have many significant risk factors, keep repeating to yourself that it's just the anxiety. It can sometimes help to write it several times, too. **This is taking into consideration any medical conditions you have. Please make sure you are telling your doctor about these episodes so they can determine if there is an underlying physical condition. Use this technique after you have been cleared by a physician whenever it happens again.
  • Anxiety can feel hopeless when the fear from doubting everything is mistaken for a lack of motivation
  • Blogging With Anxiety: Me: They commented on my stuff! I need to comment back. Anxiety: What are you gonna say? Me: I don't know, but I have to interact. Anxiety: Whatever you write is gonna sound stupid, or sappy, or just awkward. You're reeeaaall good at awkward. Me: I really hate you.
  • Without Anxiety: Small decisions: What to wear around the house. Somewhat more important: Where to go on a date. Major decisions: Which house to buy. Life or death: Healthcare decisions. WITH ANXIETY: Life or death decisions: What to wear around the house, Where to go on a date, Which house to buy,Healthcare decisions.
  • When Anxiety is involved, a small concern can turn into an overwhelming, irrational, obsessive fear that leads to abnormal behavior that we wouldn't usually see as reasonable.
  • Tools To Battle Anxiety: Create a daily management routine, Use healthy aggression relieving techniques, Try the Logic Challenge, Find healthy distractions, Yoga, essential oils, & meditation, Use meds when needed, conservatively, Use the Anxiety Cards, Use the 54321 technique
  • There is not an easy fix for anxiety. all you can do is accept that it will affect you & be prepared with grounding techniques when it does.
  • Anxiety is exhausting. It takes so much energy to constantly worry about everything & nothing, that it can make you feel physically drained. writtenbydida.com
  • If I've learned anything about the mourning process, it's that it can be drastically different for everyone at different stages of their lives & each loss is unique to each person. Whether it's loss of a loved one, or the loss of innocence, career, or even money- Grief can free you, or consume you; deaden your emotions, or be a cathartic experience; turn you into something you never meant to be, or show you who you really are. It can be your reason to do better, or excuse to be worse. You can make the loss matter, or have it wasted- the only one who can choose is you.

Chronic Pain/Illness Dida-isms (Instagram)

  • Holidays with Chronic Illness: *Staying behind while everyone else attends events so no one has to leave early for you *Requesting money in place of gifts so you can pay for medications, appointments, & other necessities, because they are much more important than material possessions *Feeling depressed because your body just will NOT keep up and do what you want it to *Being frustrated because family members & friends don't understand why you aren't better- writtenbydida.com for more
  • Holidays with Chronic Illness: *Staying behind while everyone else attends events so no one has to leave early for you *Requesting money in place of gifts so you can pay for medications, appointments, & other necessities, because they are much more important than material possessions *Feeling depressed because your body just will NOT keep up and do what you want it to *Being frustrated because family members & friends don't understand why you aren't better- writtenbydida.com for more
  • Chronic Illness: Sometimes, when all the negativity, symptoms, and emotions are getting to you- all you can do is stop and breathe.
  • Chronic Illness: When you're CONSTANTLY trying to get just ONE MORE thing done before your body decides to shutdown
  • The reality of living with chronic illness: When you're no longer considered a productive member of society, it feels like you've been put on the back burner of life.
  • Chronic Illness: If you aren't around at all because you pushed yourself right into something you can't recover from, How is that good for YOU or your loved ones? self-care must be a priority
  • Chronic Pain: I always get a look of absolute horror, then sympathy, when people realize I can't have caffeine. If people understood chronic pain half as much as they do the nees for caffeine, they wouldn't dismiss us.we÷÷ײ²
  • Chronic Illness; When you've pushed yourself too far: Brain: "You have to clean" "Someone needs you," You're so worthless," "Why can't you do more?""It shouldn't take that long to recover," "People think you're just lazy." Body: "Hahahahahahahaha No."
  • Modified pain scale
  • Chronic Illness- My brain has a brain of it's own. So does half my body. I get, maybe 1/3 of a say in what either of them do.
  • Basic human decency should dictate that no one should ever have to prove that they are worth keeping alive; because all life has worth; yet, chronic illness patients have to do so constantly to our medical professionals, society, insurance companies, & lawmakers. Why is that okay? writtenbydida.com
  • Basic human decency should dictate that no one should ever have to prove that they are worth keeping alive; because all life has worth; yet, chronic illness patients have to do so constantly to our medical professionals, society, insurance companies, & lawmakers. Why is that okay? writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: As chronic pain patients, we should never have to fight our medical team to reasonably improve our quality of life; our medical teams should be fighting for us to have a better quality of life. writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: As chronic pain patients, we should never have to fight our medical team to reasonably improve our quality of life; our medical teams should be fighting for us to have a better quality of life. writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: Yes, I am aware that I look kinda rough. You try fighting your body everyday & see if you still care if others think you look "acceptable." YOU WON'T. writtenbydida.com
  • Try to imagine that your only options are to stand or walk. No sitting, no laying down, never being able to just peacefully relax. Think about how exhausted you would always be & how sore after a couple of days of not being able to rest at all. This is how just one aspect of having an invisible illness, that causes severe pain & fatigue, feels all the time. writtenbydida.com
  • Thoughts I sometimes have as a Spoonie (a person living w/chronic illness): "If I have to explain the word 'chronic' one more time...." (this applies to those who already claim to understand the meaning ) "Have you never experienced pain?" "If you could just spend a few minutes in my body....." "I wish I could do that..." writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness Moments- That moment when you're alone- after they tell you there is yet another major complication with your condition and all the emotions come rushing at you writtenbydida.com
  • Holidays with Chronic Illness: Those who don't live with their body betraying them have a hard timeunderstanding- but I do. And I know someone other than me needs to read this: Whatever you managed to do today is good enough. If you can't do anything tomorrow- it's okay to rest. writtenbydida.com
  • We deserve the option to use ANY KIND of pain management that allows us even a fraction of the quality of life enjoyed by those who don't have to live with chronic pain.
  • Bad Pain Days: Regular Me: *(with two broken toes & a broken metatarsal) notices someone took up two parking spots near the front when all the rest of the spots are taken* "Why are people so considerate?" Pain Me: *mimicking me* "Why are people so inconsiderate? How about we just throat punch them. Then they won't be inconsiderate?" Regular Me: Yeah, then we'll be in jail. Pain Me: They can try. Regular Me: Just calm down. -Full story on writtenbydida.com
  • Painsomnia: When sleep won't come because the pain won't calm down. writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Pain can make walking up stairs feel like you're climbing a mountain
  • The reality of chronic illness- Society expects us to function at a level we just aren't capae of, and when we don't, they judge us, whether they mean to, or not."- from "Relationships & Chronic Illness" on writtenbydida.com
  • Feeling "Stick-figure-y"; When pain and inflammation make you too stiff to bend. writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: Sometimes, when all the negativity, symptoms, and emotions are getting to you- all you can do is stop and breathe.
  • Chronic Pain Dida-ism: People with chronic pain don't want your sympathy, we just want you to try to understand- we're fighting an invisible enemy, and do the best we can. More on writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Pain Dida-ism: People with chronic pain don't want your sympathy, we just want you to try to understand- we're fighting an invisible enemy, and do the best we can. More on writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: Sometimes, when all the negativity, symptoms, and emotions are getting to you, all you can do is stop and breathe. writtenbydida.com
  • chronic pain can make minutes feel like hours
  • You get desperate when it's that bad, and no one has a workable solution. More desperate than you can imagine.
  • Chronic Illness: People are always asking "Why don't you ever insert random activity/event here"" #1 Some days I can make it out for usually a maximum of 4 hours. Most people have an average of 15 usable hours in their days. #2 Some days I barely make it through the things I have to do to just survive. #3 Other days I can barely crawl from bed to the bathroom & back. writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: People only "understand" until my condition interferes with our interactions & prevents me from living up to their expectations
  • Chronic Illness: When brain fog causes you to put your clothes on backwards, and pain & exhaustion make you leave them that way

Chronic Pain/Illness Dida-isms (Pinterest Size)

  • Chronic Pain Dida-ism: People with chronic pain don't want your sympathy, we just want you to try to understand- we're fighting an invisible enemy, and do the best we can. More on writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Pain can make minutes feel like hours
    Chronic Pain Dida-ism
  • Chronic Illness: Sometimes, when all the negativity, symptoms, and emotions are getting to you- all you can do is stop and breathe.
  • Chronic Illness: When brain fog causes you to put your clothes on backwards, and pain & exhaustion make you leave them that way
  • Chronic Illness: When you're CONSTANTLY trying to get just ONE MORE thing done before your body decides to shutdown
  • Bad Pain Days: Regular Me: *(with two broken toes & a broken metatarsal) notices someone took up two parking spots near the front when all the rest of the spots are taken* "Why are people so considerate?" Pain Me: *mimicking me* "Why are people so inconsiderate? How about we just throat punch them. Then they won't be inconsiderate?" Regular Me: Yeah, then we'll be in jail. Pain Me: They can try. Regular Me: Just calm down. -Full story on writtenbydida.com
  • The Reality of Chronic Illness: "Society expects us to function at a level we just aren’t capable of, and when we don’t, they judge us, whether they mean to, or not."
  • Chronic Illness: If you aren't around at all because you pushed yourself right into something you can't recover from, How is that good for YOU or your loved ones? self-care must be a priority
  • The reality of Chronic Illness: When you're no longer considered a productive member of society it feels like you've been put on the back burner of life.
  • Feeling "stick-figure-y"; When pain and inflammationmake you too stiff to bend. writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness; When you've pushed yourself too far: Brain: "You have to clean" "Someone needs you," You're so worthless," "Why can't you do more?""It shouldn't take that long to recover," "People think you're just lazy." Body: "Hahahahahahahaha No."
  • Try to imagine that your only options are to stand or walk. No sitting, no laying down, never being able to just peacefully relax. Think about how exhausted you would always be & how sore after a couple of days of not being able to rest at all. This is how just one aspect of having an invisible illness, that causes severe pain & fatigue, feels all the time. writtenbydida.com
  • Thoughts I sometimes have as a Spoonie (a person living w/chronic illness): "If I have to explain the word 'chronic' one more time...." (this applies to those who already claim to understand the meaning ) "Have you never experienced pain?" "If you could just spend a few minutes in my body....." "I wish I could do that..." writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: People are always asking "Why don't you ever insert random activity/event here"" #1 Some days I can make it out for usually a maximum of 4 hours. Most people have an average of 15 usable hours in their days. #2 Some days I barely make it through the things I have to do to just survive. #3 Other days I can barely crawl from bed to the bathroom & back. writtenbydida.com
  • Holidays with Chronic Illness: *Staying behind while everyone else attends events so no one has to leave early for you *Requesting money in place of gifts so you can pay for medications, appointments, & other necessities, because they are much more important than material possessions *Feeling depressed because your body just will NOT keep up and do what you want it to *Being frustrated because family members & friends don't understand why you aren't better- writtenbydida.com for more
  • Holidays with Chronic Illness: *Staying behind while everyone else attends events so no one has to leave early for you *Requesting money in place of gifts so you can pay for medications, appointments, & other necessities, because they are much more important than material possessions *Feeling depressed because your body just will NOT keep up and do what you want it to *Being frustrated because family members & friends don't understand why you aren't better- writtenbydida.com for more
  • Chronic Illness Moments- That moment when you're alone- after they tell you there is yet another major complication with your condition and all the emotions come rushing at you writtenbydida.com
  • You get desperate when it's that bad, and no one has a workable solution. More desperate than you can imagine.
  • Chronic Illness: People only understand until my condition interferes with our interactions & prevents me from living up to their expectations. writtenbydida.com
  • Chronic Illness: The CDC having the "record-breaking longest running flu season" means those of us with not-so-great immune systems are stuck in record-breaking stretches of survival mode. writtenbydida.com

Fibromyalgia Dida-isms (Instagram)

  • Fibromyalgia Types of Pain Dida-ism
  • Fibromyalgia can make just sitting down on a toilet seat feel like sitting on knives. Writtenbydida.com
  • Fibromyalgia makes you dread that precise second you have to sit down & the pain shoots sharply through the "pinpoint" areas, then spreads theough the lower back & up your spine. Every. Single. Time. writtenbydida.com
  • Fibromyalgia: When just getting dressed feels like you've spent hours at the mall, walking around, trying on outfits. More on writtenbydida.com
  • Fibromyalgia: When running the sweeper in one room feels like you've just done 100 pull-ups
  • 1. Accept help without stressing. 2. Visually chart adequate prep & recovery time- then USE it 3. Systematically eliminate foods & other substances 4. Chart activities and their affects to determine what you can handle 5. Do light stretching & mental self-care & take meds at same time daily
  • Fibromyalgia: When simply taking a shower feels like you just ran a few miles, then jumped in the shower after a very long day. More on writtenbydida.com

Fibromyalgia Dida-isms (Pinterest Size)

  • 1. Accept help without stressing. 2. Visually chart adequate prep & recovery time- then USE it 3. Systematically eliminate foods & other substances 4. Chart activities and their affects to determine what you can handle 5. Do light stretching & mental self-care & take meds at same time daily
  • Fibromyalgia Types Of Pain- Musculoskeletal Pain: A deep, ache-y, flu-type feeling that's like the worst flu you ever had plus the worst hangover you've ever had; Nerve Pain: The devil. It feels like the most torturous itchy, burning, stabbing pain you can possibly imagine; Inflammation: Makes you so stiff you feel like a stick-figure waddling around; Pressure Pain: Sometimes, it's a deep, sharp, throbbing pain in random 2-3" round spots, like you've been shot with an arrow & it's sitting there.Widespread- feels like a semi-truck is parked on top of you;Joint Pain: Sharp pain shooting through the joint that changes over to a throbbing, almost sharp, type of ache, even when the joints aren't being used. The pressure makes it feel like it will explode.
  • Fibromyalgia: When simply taking a shower feels like you just ran a few miles, then jumped in the shower after a very long day. More on writtenbydida.com
  • Fibromyalgia: When just getting dressed feels like you've spent hours at the mall, walking around, trying on outfits. More on writtenbydida.com
  • Fibromyalgia: When running the sweeper in one room feels like you've just done 100 pull-ups
  • Fibromyalgia: When making the bed is enough to make you go back to sleep

General (Instagram)

  • Tips For Young Adults & Teenagers: Learn self-discipline (and some self-defense.); Accept responsibility; Be kind & compassionate, but not naive & gullible; Learn about the world & the people that live in it; Have a plan, but learn to adapt; Don't strive to be popular- strive to be a decent person; Develop healthy coping mechanisms; Be real and realistic; Be financially intelligent; Understand, earn, & give respect; Communicate; Anticipate consequences. Full article go to writtenbydida.com
  • Don't Give Up writtenbydida.com
  • IF YOU ARE THE BOSS and have employees working OUTSIDE in this heat, you need to be giving them breaks every 15 minutes unless you want to end up liable for someone getting heat stroke. I'm dead serious. Too many people don't recognize this and expect people to just deal with it because they are getting paid. That's not how it works. You have a responsibility as an employer to be REASONABLE.
  • Accept your mistakes, recognize where you can improve, and make whatever change is required
  • You can NOT control someone else's feelings, opinions, or actions.
  • Being able to admit your own mistakes & flaws shows that you have strength, courage, & a desire to do better. Stop judging people for being transparent enough to admit these things.
  • Yes, I live in pain, and have anxiety & PTSD. I am not ashamed. I am STRONG, because I keep fighting in spite of them. writtenbydida com
  • Laugh at yourself
  • My experiences Miscarriage, divorce, emotional, mental & physical domestic biolence; suicide attempts, diagnosed PTSD, OCD, anxiety & BPD; 2 emergency c-sections after very complicated pregnancies, both premature; 12 additional surgeries, more than 30 kidney stones, multiple acute illnesses that turned emergencies or took long-term treatment to resolve; multiple broken bones; addiction; multiple chronic illnesses that cause pain, nausea, and neurological symptoms; car accidents; bullied/sexually assaulted; broken friendships; loss of loved ones due to: cancer & other illnesses, murder, drugs, car accidents, suicide, & natural causes

General (Pinterest)

  • Tips For Young Adults & Teenagers Dida-ism
    Tips For Young Adults & Teenagers
  • Being kind doesn't require being all about sparkles and sunshine, or having an outgoing personality. you can wear all black, or have social anxiety, and still be compassionate.
  • Dida's Life Lessons: You have the freedom to choose your behavior & attitude. You do NOT get to choose how someone reacts to them. Accept responsibility. (writtenbydida.com)
  • Don't Give Up writtenbydida.com
  • Live Your Life To Be A Good Person, Not To Look Good To Others
  • Accept your mistakes, recognize where you can improve, and make whatever change is required
  • You can NOT control someone else's feelings, opinions, or actions.
  • Be real, be compassionate, Treat Everyone The Same

Grief Dida-isms (Pinterest)

Grief Dida-isms (Instagram)

Money-Related (Instagram)

  • For every item you purchase on a credit card, figure out how many months it will take you to pay it back, then take the overall price and multiply it by the interest rate. Multiply that number by however many months it will take, then add it to the price to see what you are really paying for each item-IF YOU MAKE THE FULL PAYMENT ON-TIME EVERY MONTH.
  • Tips for Saving Money on Gas

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Relationship Dida-isms (Instagram)

  • Some people will never be happy, no matter how much you give of yourself, but you can only give so much before theres nothing left. Don't keep running on empty for those who wouldn't do it for you.
  • Any relationship will fall apart if you let it. They require effort to thrive.
  • There is a difference between a relationship that has had struggles to overcome, and a relationship that has been a struggle to overcome

Relationship Dida-isms (Pinterest)

  • Any relationship will fall apart if you let it. They require effort to thrive.
  • There is a difference between a relationship that has had struggles to overcome, and a relationship that has been a struggle to overcome
  • You can only give so much of yourself, before there's nothing left. Don't run on empty for those who wouldn't do the same for you.
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This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. Gina

    9 Jul 2019 Reply

    Lovely post! Thanks for sharing these inspirational quotes.

    1. Candida Reece

      Candida Reece

      9 Jul 2019 Reply

      Thank you! I try to make a couple of graphics a week at least💜

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