Award from Mental Nurse

Mental Nurse has awarded Blooming Lotus with a 2010 TWIM Award for Best Neurotic, Stress-Related and Somatorm Disorders Blog. Photo credit: Faith Allen

Read Full Post »

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I have been doing some blogging this week so I will be able to get back to publishing blog entries regularly each weekday. I hope that all of you have a wonderful weekend and that you, like me, are ready to start anew in 2011. Photo credit: Lynda Bernhardt

Read Full Post »

Probably will not blog regularly until January

Hi, everyone! I hope that you are having a good holiday season or at least surviving it! I am having trouble finding time to blog right now. I am doing better than expected for this time of year — not perfect, but much better than last year. My sister and her kids are coming tomorrow [...]

Read Full Post »

Lucid Dreaming

Last week, I blogged about several intense dreams that I had throughout the week. Because of inclement weather and my son being home, I did not get a chance to blog about the coolest set of dreams in which I experienced true lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is when you are aware that you are dreaming, [...]

Read Full Post »

Inclement Weather

Hi, everyone! We are having inclement weather in my part of the world, so my son did not go to school today and might not tomorrow as well. It might be Monday before I can get back to blogging. I hope everyone is staying safe and warm!

Read Full Post »

Shaking after Another Intense Dream re: Mother/Abuser

I guess this is not going to be the week for restful sleep! I am shaking after awakening from the following dream: I had to paint a very detailed statue (think Nativity scene but not religious in any way), and I am doing it to replicate a complex statue that my mother painted when she [...]

Read Full Post »

Bizarre Dreams

I had some bizarre dreams last night. First, I was washing dishes by hand in the kitchen sink (something I hate to do). I had just finished, but then more appeared, and I got to work at washing them. I was working very hard on a bowl coated in oatmeal when two sets of hands [...]

Read Full Post »

Figured out Source of Panic this Week

Last weekend, I was in a very dark place. However, I managed to pull myself out on Monday by putting all of my tools into practice. I am no longer concerned about being “abandoned” over the Christmas holiday. Whenever the thought even crosses my mind, I know how to fight it. I was OK on [...]

Read Full Post »

Having trouble catching up

I am going to take off the long weekend and start blogging again on Monday. I am so behind in every area of my life right now. I just can’t seem to catch up. – Faith

Read Full Post »

Fighting My Way Back from Triggering/Seasonal Depression

I have shared over the past couple of days about my struggles with seasonal depression and feeling very triggered. This went on for a solid 2-1/2 weeks. It kicked off with numerous emotional triggers on top of physical illness (two back-to-back colds). I had lots of little things happening that kept the triggers going. Over [...]

Read Full Post »