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Miriam Verheyden

Miriam Verheyden

On loving a (much) older man

The panic comes suddenly, without warning. One moment I feel decently sane, just coming home from an average day at work, looking foward to…

Mar 25

On loving a (much) older man

Mar 25

Miriam Verheyden

Not just hormones

Warning: mention of suicide

Mar 22

PMDD: PRE-MENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER

Mar 22

Miriam Verheyden

Everything is Broken and Completely Fine

I’ve lived with mental illness for most of my life. For the majority of it I was desperate to hide it from people. I truly thought that if…

Jan 23, 2023

Everything is Broken and Completely Fine

Jan 23, 2023

Miriam Verheyden

5 signs that you are a bubbly introvert

I didn’t know that I was an introvert until I was 34 years old. I had just finished reading Susan Cain’s brilliant book Quiet: The Power of…

Nov 28, 2022

5 signs that you are a bubbly introvert

Nov 28, 2022

Miriam Verheyden

When the storm clouds gather

I can feel when a depression is coming. I get restless like a cat who can sense a brewing storm. The world loses its colour. Everything…

Nov 2, 2022

When the storm clouds gather

Nov 2, 2022

Miriam Verheyden

Why I won’t comment on your body (and you shouldn’t either)

“You are so slim!” he said admiringly. I was 15, and my first boyfriend and I were on a walk on a beautiful summer evening. We had stopped…

Sep 14, 2022

Why I won’t comment on your body (and you shouldn’t either)

Sep 14, 2022

Miriam Verheyden

Ladies, keep your bras off

“Are you wearing a bra?” I ask the elderly lady in front of me. She leans in conspiratorially and whispers: “I don’t wear one today.” Her…

Aug 30, 2022

Ladies, keep your bras off

Aug 30, 2022

Miriam Verheyden

We are in mortal danger

The call comes at 11:39 on Sunday morning. “The smoke is getting really bad here and it’s extremely windy. You better come home and pack…

Aug 23, 2021

We are in mortal danger

Aug 23, 2021

Miriam Verheyden

Stop feeling guilty

You haven’t exercised in three months because you needed to rest? It’s alright. Stop feeling guilty. You are a good person. The piece of…

Aug 24, 2019

Stop feeling guilty

Aug 24, 2019

Miriam Verheyden

A series of exploding pants

The first one happened about 2 weeks ago. I was doing morning chores, carrying half a bale of hay in my arms to feed the horses, mini cows…

May 20, 2017

A series of exploding pants

May 20, 2017

Miriam Verheyden

Miriam Verheyden

Bubbly introvert, mental health advocate, dog mom. I write about mental health, sobriety, and the complicated art of being human. https://bit.ly/3Dv5b4Y

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