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Success is Miserably Boring, Most of the Time

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 9-7-2022 “You’re so lucky” “Those types of things just don’t happen for me” “Things come so easy for you…” “Must be nice!” When you earn success, you may hear those lines quite frequently. And as you hear them you may recall memories that contradict these sayings.Continue reading “Success is Miserably Boring, Most of the Time“

High Functioning, but Mental

Elisa A. Escalante /LCSW / 08-24-2022 “Functional mental illness is just a fancy way of saying ‘I can do my job pretty well, but it comes at a high cost to my mental and physical being. I’m Sacrificing’” There is about 2-3 days a week where my brain feels as if it is ‘frying’ byContinue reading “High Functioning, but Mental“

Manipulated

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 8-15-2022 Red flags? Abuse? Manipulation? What does it all really mean? And how can we distinguish between mistakes and cruel intentions? Here’s one of the more important things to pay attention to: Themes and patterns. A fact of life is that we will all accidentally hurt people, and we will alsoContinue reading “Manipulated“

Toxic Conditioning

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 8-8-2022 It’s no secret that us humans are being conditioned toward lifestyles that may appeal to the masses, especially the rich people up top, that love to keep us productive so that we may help them get richer. There are other reasons too, especially on smaller scales. Parents want to conditionContinue reading “Toxic Conditioning“

Why so Offended?

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 8-1-2022 “Judgmental people are always the worse violators of what they’re trying to preach against.” -EaE With technological advancements, especially during the onset of the pandemic, I found myself doing some heavy research. This research involved exploring the comment section under any type of meme, news, comment (etc.), that I knewContinue reading “Why so Offended?”

Not just a River in Egypt

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 7-25-2022 “Time is ticking. Day by day, and month by month. The silence is a killer, but so is the fear of breaking it. I fear it when I feel it, but I miss it when it’s gone. That’s just what it is… when everything you loved moved on.” Avoidance,Continue reading “Not just a River in Egypt”

The Worst Things Men have Told me

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 7-8-2022 I’m not a man hater. I have never uttered the words: “Men Aint shit” out in any type of public setting before. I try very hard not to come across this way. Because, truth is, there are incredible men that I have met who have helped me in manyContinue reading “The Worst Things Men have Told me”

Patient Feedback that made me Think

Elisa A Escalante/ LCSW/ 7-2-2022 I’ve always said that I learn Just as much from the clients as they do from me. In this blog I share some insights from clients that I never forgot over the years. There’s that part of people that we will never know unless they’re willing to speak of it.Continue reading “Patient Feedback that made me Think”

The Walking Zombie

(Depression, & the toll it plays on everyday life) Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-7-2022 “Are you okay?” “Are you sick?” “What time did you get to bed?” “Be positive!” These are the terms that plague my daily life, as someone that works full time while struggling with major depression andContinue reading “The Walking Zombie”

Prevention is EVERYONE’s Responsibility. Every. Single. Day.

Elisa a. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5/27/2022 Though I’ve worked with people on an individual level for most of my career, we clinicians, tend to also notice things on mass scales. There’s individual think, and group think. Individuals have themes and thinking patterns, as do the masses. Naturally, after a crisis, many will go into psychological defenseContinue reading “Prevention is EVERYONE’s Responsibility. Every. Single. Day.”