Since I filmed and edited this, I have decided to take a step back from TikTok and get refocused on this YT channel. I left the TikTok creativity program, and plan to post some TikTok shop videos throughout the week, but I am no longer trying to 'grow' on TikTok.
I love the cat blanket! I am so excited that you finally got a court date! Being emotional after all the things you have gone through would seem to be normal! Please continue your videos and that will help with memory!
Your makeup and hair look amazing! It sounds like you’ve had a frustrating week- I know for me when that happens even the littlest things will just tick me off or annoy me even when it’s things that really shouldn’t or things that are small to everyone else. And when you think about it there really is nobody else alive that knows what you’re going through. You should treat yourself how you would treat your best friend- with grace, love and kindness ❤️
Hello! I started following not too long ago. I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Fibromyaglia among many other comorbidities. But I just want you to know I that I feel your frustrations with not being able to do things as quickly or as completely as people around me. The most frustrating thing about my journey with getting ssi has been that, despite the government denying me twice already, it's just as you said- nobody would ever hire me with my limitations. So how can they say I'm fit to work??? It's a degrading, humiliating process. You are in a place in your life where you need as much grace as you can give yourself. I'm also getting a hearing for my ssi case soon here so lets wish us both luck that this journey will be at an end soon!
Who thought filing for disability would turn out to have another troubling diagnosis . I can understand your feelings. So much to deal with and then COVID making you cough. 😮. By the way I love your hair straight like that. Makes you look so young. Also I meant to tell you that the video of making the blanket is amazing. Well done ❣️
I absolutely refuse to get involved in the social media sh*t storm ever again! One of the best things I ever did was step away from social media. I'm not ticked off, angered or any of the other emotions anymore. My blood pressure is much better as well as my anxiety level, no more meds for me! All the time I wasted of my life on social media just to literally be physically ill, is mind boggling, to say the least! Hours and hours wasted for nothing but aggravation. And honestly looking back on it, it certainly was one of the stupidest things I've ever done. If you are involved in social media for a total of 4 hrs a day (which is the average) that's 1,456 hrs a year or 60.7 days. I'm so excited that you finally have a court date! About damn time!
Have you considered maybe a trying weekly schedule for the near future? That way you could put the different video ideas under each category and maybe there’d be less frustration since it’s on your “to get to” list? - what about doing livestreams every week on YT or TT? That way you could do life updates and updates in general as well as Q and A through superchats? Advertising through FB and etc that you’ll be having livestreams or something? - I love the cat blanket! - sometimes tbi symptoms can mimick adhd symptoms - if not something youve talked to your doctor about, maybe consider? I have adult onset/dxed adhd where if it was existing before it was exacerbated by multiple concussions over time… and medications really made a huge difference in my life. - grieving one’s “old self” pre-disability/ities is something I know personally… it sucks. I really think it’s a type of grief some go through. Loss of employment opportunities, physical health/mental health acceptance and admitting all these changes are valid and usually hard (is an understatement). - please please please consider talking about being a blue dot in a “red state”!! I bet other dots would really love that and talking about it - even if it’s like in a members-only livestream or maybe letting everyone know it will be that topic or a Q and A of being a blue dot in a red sea? I have some opinions about the topic of our view of others being distorted by social media 😬 - excuse me while i go watch those Bailey videos 😅😅😅😅
You may recall Christy that I was nearly killed during birth due to a resident in training trying to corkscrew me out of the birth canal. Then I had a bad enough TBI at 29 yo that I was warned by the doctors that I would be senile as of 20 years ago. I was supposed to be cognitively non functional at 50. Then I was “technically” severed in my chest wall before I turned 50! Anyhow TBIs do change us instantly. I did a lot of nutrient dense foods and debris clearing supplementation along with multitasking (which I developed on my own) and within a short period, I was on my way to better cognition than I had before (about 2 years) and it has improved even in recent months. I also didn’t take medications but I know so many who have after TBI (understandably) but now they are in additional recovery - something fortunately I didn’t need to do. I had regenerative injections to reverse the severed abdominal and chest wall issue (although I still have some residuals that I’m working on) and as far as the birth trauma, the list of things I’ve done is too long to list but suffice it to say I’m nearly 100% on that account as well. Anywho, this is all just to say I’m picking up what you’re laying down - as always. Much appreciation for your honesty and your authentic sharing to so many.
I cannot even imagine having to be faced with an instant and harsh realization about the TBI stuff. Not just what's going on in the current moment, but what's to come in the future, as well. It's like, gee, thanks for the uplifting news, doc. lol Honestly though, I tried doing 93 minus 7 and was like, uhhhh... lol I am so bad at math. I'd have been like, you're telling me I got a brain injury that's going to cause "cognitive decline" and now you want me to do MATH?! What kind of torture is this? What's next? An essay on quantum physics? All kidding aside, I can sympathize somewhat with the struggle with memory issues. I will be 50 next month and the perimenopause is hitting hard with brain fog (and all the other joys like night sweats, etc). On top of that, I have sleep issues and it has definitely affected my ability to retain and recall information. Also, I take medications for anxiety and depression (Wellbutrin and Effexor) and I also take a medication daily as a migraine preventative (Topamax). It could be that these may affect my brain's ability to work normally. Not to mention everyday stress (the election alone, omg), social media, and being a parent to two high-strung 20somethings. I hope things smooth out for you and you can feel like you have some control over things in your life. It probably isn't easy with your youngest fixing to move out for college! Also, that blanket is ADORABLE!!!!! I love it so much!!! ❤❤❤
Politics and Religion bring out the Best in people yet, the Worst in people!! I’ve found that to be true my entire life and I’m no spring chicken LOL!! I really enjoyed this video and don’t worry about being so emotional…us women tend to be Very Emotional and no, it doesn’t get better with age either!! LOL!!!! ❤❤❤
A court date is a great step. Facing a new diagnosis is overwhelming. It takes me a lot longer to count backwards and forwards than it used to. I never thought of trauma effecting that.
Christy, the blanket you made for your son is AWESOME! 👍 I bet it took a lot of work. Sorry to hear that you have a TBI. It must be frustrating for you. My cousin's son has a TBI. He was hit by a car many years ago. I've lost my short-term memory. I've been told that I repeat things. Sometimes I go to say a word (I can see it in my mind) and when I go to say it, I can't remember how to pronounce. I usually say, "Well, you know what I'm tryin to say." I'm embarrassed.
We (husband and 11 year old daughter) currently have the 'Vid too!! We've avoided it for 4 plus year, so I guess it was time. We've never ran a fever, not vomited, no diarrhea, so we also thought it was just a cold or something. Nope!! It could defiantly be worse as far as The 'Vid goes, so I'll accept this. We've been vaccinated (although not boosted completely) so that likely helps. Girl, I can't do that math and I don't have a TBI!! I also often have to relearn something I had to figure out once before. I thought it was my ADHD. I wonder if I have a TBI after all??? Seriously, I fell out of my high chair as a child and fractured my skull. I understand your frustration and heartbreak with the diagnosis of a TBI. I'm sorry you're feeling some type of way about it. Let yourself sit in those feelings though and don't apologize for it to anyone. Share what you are comfy with and we'll be here to support you.
I found you about 3 months ago and binge watched videos. Keep going. There will always be haters. (hence I don't have a channel) Keep being you!!! My aunt unwilled me bc she's a trump lover. I'm willing to lose her hundreds of thousands of dollars than be a trump fan. No one understands that either. I'm with you!!!
Hi Christy, you certainly are dealing with a lot. You are a strong inspirational woman. I'm sorry you are struggling. Sending positive thoughts. I agree with everything you say. As an Aussie, I am truly concerned about Trump. He is an absolute nightmare. If he wins the election it will affect the whole world. He is dangerous and egotistical. I can't stand him and looking at the US from outside, I can't understand how so many people like and defend him. He generates hate. Also I love the cat blanket. 🐱❤
Christy, I am sorry that you are feeling badly right now. My mom had a stroke and afterwards she had a lot of trouble regulating her emotions. She would get easily frustrated, and yell at people for nothing (and she was not exactly level-headed before the stroke, so this was really bad), and would stay angry or upset for a lot longer than before her stroke. I was told that this was a regular symptom for people recovering from a brain injury, so that may be part of what you are feeling. I am not sure what Olympic controversy you were referring to, but I have been following the controversy within the equestrian sports and it has been really upsetting to me. Then the Trump assassination attempt, and Biden’s poor performance in the debate; it has all been hugely upsetting. Plus, you have been worried about Lee’s surgery, your potential need for more neck surgery, your kids going to college, your case with the paramedic guy, etc. Emotional stuff can really do a number on cognitive ability. So, although I understand what you are saying about being upset about the changes in your ability to think, please don’t underestimate how much your state of mind might be impacting things. Last, but not least, I think you are doing yourself a disservice when you worry about not being able to get hired at a bank. I don’t see you as being well-suited for a job like that anyway. You are too intellectually curious to be satisfied with a job that is based on a standard routine everyday. As much as you may believe you have lost intellectual capacity, the in depth research that you have done for your videos, the skill you have developed with recording and editing videos, and the strength you have shown just by starting this channel suggests to me that you would be much better served in a job that requires you to tackle new challenges regularly. And most likely any sort of routine office or retail job would not work for you. Anyway, this was a very long way to say that I think that your emotional state is probably leading you to see things much more negatively than usual, and no matter what the future brings, I imagine you will face it head on, and do great things that you could never have imagined for yourself.
Do you have access to occupational therapy to help. I know it feels pointless when you don’t feel it will be helpful. Working with it to learn strategies to help. Also I promise not all of us though you were a trump supporter. Some of us live in different countries and can see easily that you’re not someone that would follow the orange toddler. I live in Aberdeen and can see his lack of knowledge. His Aberdeen course seemed like a bad idea from go. Tourists don’t come to Aberdeen for golf they go to St Andrews. There are few places to eat there and a taxi from there to the city is 30 to 50 pounds. But trust us us Scots would never have thought it. I honestly had a oh no moment thinking opposite of my preconceived ideas means she does like the toddler. Noooooo.
Since I filmed and edited this, I have decided to take a step back from TikTok and get refocused on this YT channel. I left the TikTok creativity program, and plan to post some TikTok shop videos throughout the week, but I am no longer trying to 'grow' on TikTok.
I love the cat blanket! I am so excited that you finally got a court date! Being emotional after all the things you have gone through would seem to be normal! Please continue your videos and that will help with memory!
Oh my god that blanket is beautiful. You are a very talented lady. I’m in love with it.
awww people like you give me hope for America and for the elections and stuff
Your makeup and hair look amazing! It sounds like you’ve had a frustrating week- I know for me when that happens even the littlest things will just tick me off or annoy me even when it’s things that really shouldn’t or things that are small to everyone else. And when you think about it there really is nobody else alive that knows what you’re going through. You should treat yourself how you would treat your best friend- with grace, love and kindness ❤️
Such a cute video. I ❤ the blanket!
Hello! I started following not too long ago. I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Fibromyaglia among many other comorbidities. But I just want you to know I that I feel your frustrations with not being able to do things as quickly or as completely as people around me. The most frustrating thing about my journey with getting ssi has been that, despite the government denying me twice already, it's just as you said- nobody would ever hire me with my limitations. So how can they say I'm fit to work??? It's a degrading, humiliating process. You are in a place in your life where you need as much grace as you can give yourself. I'm also getting a hearing for my ssi case soon here so lets wish us both luck that this journey will be at an end soon!
Who thought filing for disability would turn out to have another troubling diagnosis . I can understand your feelings. So much to deal with and then COVID making you cough. 😮. By the way I love your hair straight like that. Makes you look so young. Also I meant to tell you that the video of making the blanket is amazing. Well done ❣️
That blanket is so cute ❤
I absolutely refuse to get involved in the social media sh*t storm ever again! One of the best things I ever did was step away from social media. I'm not ticked off, angered or any of the other emotions anymore. My blood pressure is much better as well as my anxiety level, no more meds for me! All the time I wasted of my life on social media just to literally be physically ill, is mind boggling, to say the least! Hours and hours wasted for nothing but aggravation. And honestly looking back on it, it certainly was one of the stupidest things I've ever done.
If you are involved in social media for a total of 4 hrs a day (which is the average) that's 1,456 hrs a year or 60.7 days.
I'm so excited that you finally have a court date! About damn time!
Have you considered maybe a trying weekly schedule for the near future? That way you could put the different video ideas under each category and maybe there’d be less frustration since it’s on your “to get to” list?
- what about doing livestreams every week on YT or TT? That way you could do life updates and updates in general as well as Q and A through superchats?
Advertising through FB and etc that you’ll be having livestreams or something?
- I love the cat blanket!
- sometimes tbi symptoms can mimick adhd symptoms - if not something youve talked to your doctor about, maybe consider? I have adult onset/dxed adhd where if it was existing before it was exacerbated by multiple concussions over time… and medications really made a huge difference in my life.
- grieving one’s “old self” pre-disability/ities is something I know personally… it sucks. I really think it’s a type of grief some go through. Loss of employment opportunities, physical health/mental health acceptance and admitting all these changes are valid and usually hard (is an understatement).
- please please please consider talking about being a blue dot in a “red state”!! I bet other dots would really love that and talking about it - even if it’s like in a members-only livestream or maybe letting everyone know it will be that topic or a Q and A of being a blue dot in a red sea? I have some opinions about the topic of our view of others being distorted by social media 😬
- excuse me while i go watch those Bailey videos 😅😅😅😅
You may recall Christy that I was nearly killed during birth due to a resident in training trying to corkscrew me out of the birth canal. Then I had a bad enough TBI at 29 yo that I was warned by the doctors that I would be senile as of 20 years ago. I was supposed to be cognitively non functional at 50. Then I was “technically” severed in my chest wall before I turned 50! Anyhow TBIs do change us instantly. I did a lot of nutrient dense foods and debris clearing supplementation along with multitasking (which I developed on my own) and within a short period, I was on my way to better cognition than I had before (about 2 years) and it has improved even in recent months. I also didn’t take medications but I know so many who have after TBI (understandably) but now they are in additional recovery - something fortunately I didn’t need to do. I had regenerative injections to reverse the severed abdominal and chest wall issue (although I still have some residuals that I’m working on) and as far as the birth trauma, the list of things I’ve done is too long to list but suffice it to say I’m nearly 100% on that account as well. Anywho, this is all just to say I’m picking up what you’re laying down - as always. Much appreciation for your honesty and your authentic sharing to so many.
I cannot even imagine having to be faced with an instant and harsh realization about the TBI stuff. Not just what's going on in the current moment, but what's to come in the future, as well. It's like, gee, thanks for the uplifting news, doc. lol Honestly though, I tried doing 93 minus 7 and was like, uhhhh... lol I am so bad at math. I'd have been like, you're telling me I got a brain injury that's going to cause "cognitive decline" and now you want me to do MATH?! What kind of torture is this? What's next? An essay on quantum physics?
All kidding aside, I can sympathize somewhat with the struggle with memory issues. I will be 50 next month and the perimenopause is hitting hard with brain fog (and all the other joys like night sweats, etc). On top of that, I have sleep issues and it has definitely affected my ability to retain and recall information. Also, I take medications for anxiety and depression (Wellbutrin and Effexor) and I also take a medication daily as a migraine preventative (Topamax). It could be that these may affect my brain's ability to work normally. Not to mention everyday stress (the election alone, omg), social media, and being a parent to two high-strung 20somethings.
I hope things smooth out for you and you can feel like you have some control over things in your life. It probably isn't easy with your youngest fixing to move out for college! Also, that blanket is ADORABLE!!!!! I love it so much!!! ❤❤❤
you are a miracle 😮
Politics and Religion bring out the Best in people yet, the Worst in people!! I’ve found that to be true my entire life and I’m no spring chicken LOL!! I really enjoyed this video and don’t worry about being so emotional…us women tend to be Very Emotional and no, it doesn’t get better with age either!! LOL!!!! ❤❤❤
hahaha! Good to know!
A court date is a great step. Facing a new diagnosis is overwhelming. It takes me a lot longer to count backwards and forwards than it used to. I never thought of trauma effecting that.
Christy, the blanket you made for your son is AWESOME! 👍 I bet it took a lot of work. Sorry to hear that you have a TBI. It must be frustrating for you. My cousin's son has a TBI. He was hit by a car many years ago. I've lost my short-term memory. I've been told that I repeat things. Sometimes I go to say a word (I can see it in my mind) and when I go to say it, I can't remember how to pronounce. I usually say, "Well, you know what I'm tryin to say." I'm embarrassed.
That it sooooo cute
We (husband and 11 year old daughter) currently have the 'Vid too!! We've avoided it for 4 plus year, so I guess it was time. We've never ran a fever, not vomited, no diarrhea, so we also thought it was just a cold or something. Nope!! It could defiantly be worse as far as The 'Vid goes, so I'll accept this. We've been vaccinated (although not boosted completely) so that likely helps.
Girl, I can't do that math and I don't have a TBI!! I also often have to relearn something I had to figure out once before. I thought it was my ADHD. I wonder if I have a TBI after all??? Seriously, I fell out of my high chair as a child and fractured my skull.
I understand your frustration and heartbreak with the diagnosis of a TBI. I'm sorry you're feeling some type of way about it. Let yourself sit in those feelings though and don't apologize for it to anyone. Share what you are comfy with and we'll be here to support you.
Girl! I can't do 93-7. But I have autoimmune disease, so who knows.
I found you about 3 months ago and binge watched videos. Keep going. There will always be haters. (hence I don't have a channel) Keep being you!!! My aunt unwilled me bc she's a trump lover. I'm willing to lose her hundreds of thousands of dollars than be a trump fan. No one understands that either. I'm with you!!!
Hi Christy, you certainly are dealing with a lot. You are a strong inspirational woman. I'm sorry you are struggling. Sending positive thoughts. I agree with everything you say. As an Aussie, I am truly concerned about Trump. He is an absolute nightmare. If he wins the election it will affect the whole world. He is dangerous and egotistical. I can't stand him and looking at the US from outside, I can't understand how so many people like and defend him. He generates hate. Also I love the cat blanket. 🐱❤
Christy, I am sorry that you are feeling badly right now. My mom had a stroke and afterwards she had a lot of trouble regulating her emotions. She would get easily frustrated, and yell at people for nothing (and she was not exactly level-headed before the stroke, so this was really bad), and would stay angry or upset for a lot longer than before her stroke. I was told that this was a regular symptom for people recovering from a brain injury, so that may be part of what you are feeling.
I am not sure what Olympic controversy you were referring to, but I have been following the controversy within the equestrian sports and it has been really upsetting to me. Then the Trump assassination attempt, and Biden’s poor performance in the debate; it has all been hugely upsetting. Plus, you have been worried about Lee’s surgery, your potential need for more neck surgery, your kids going to college, your case with the paramedic guy, etc. Emotional stuff can really do a number on cognitive ability. So, although I understand what you are saying about being upset about the changes in your ability to think, please don’t underestimate how much your state of mind might be impacting things.
Last, but not least, I think you are doing yourself a disservice when you worry about not being able to get hired at a bank. I don’t see you as being well-suited for a job like that anyway. You are too intellectually curious to be satisfied with a job that is based on a standard routine everyday. As much as you may believe you have lost intellectual capacity, the in depth research that you have done for your videos, the skill you have developed with recording and editing videos, and the strength you have shown just by starting this channel suggests to me that you would be much better served in a job that requires you to tackle new challenges regularly. And most likely any sort of routine office or retail job would not work for you.
Anyway, this was a very long way to say that I think that your emotional state is probably leading you to see things much more negatively than usual, and no matter what the future brings, I imagine you will face it head on, and do great things that you could never have imagined for yourself.
Do you have access to occupational therapy to help. I know it feels pointless when you don’t feel it will be helpful. Working with it to learn strategies to help. Also I promise not all of us though you were a trump supporter. Some of us live in different countries and can see easily that you’re not someone that would follow the orange toddler. I live in Aberdeen and can see his lack of knowledge. His Aberdeen course seemed like a bad idea from go. Tourists don’t come to Aberdeen for golf they go to St Andrews. There are few places to eat there and a taxi from there to the city is 30 to 50 pounds.
But trust us us Scots would never have thought it. I honestly had a oh no moment thinking opposite of my preconceived ideas means she does like the toddler. Noooooo.