What are sleep terrors?

Sleep terrors are not nightmares. I can safely assert this because I have experienced plenty of both. Nightmares tend to have a narrative; they are frightening or disturbing or gory. You wake from a nightmare feeling scared but knowing what occurred was a bad dream. You turn on the light, get a cuddle if you’re…

Therapy today: Family, fear, future

My therapist had never heard of sea monkeys until today. I was talking about a friend who just told me she’s 9 weeks pregnant. I fondly referred to the currently minuscule embryo as a sea monkey. J didn’t get that reference. And sea monkeys are hard to explain right? Anyway, it was funny. I wasn’t sure…