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To Insanity and Beyond

Stories, advice, and anecdotes from the trenches of parenthood for those with mental health and chronic illness diagnoses.

I Married A Masked Stranger

May 3, 2017 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom Leave a Comment

I Married A Masked Stranger

At twenty-three years old, I was already the mother of two. Newly separated from my abusive ex-fiancee, naive about life, love, and everything in between, and scared shitless of adulthood, I was a hot mess and desperate for safety and security. That’s when I met Him. He was way out of my league, or so […]

Filed Under: To Insanity and Beyond Tagged With: addiction, deceptions, for better or worse, husband, life lesson, marriage, masked stranger, relationships, secrecy, transparency, wife, wisdom

Hungry For More Than This Adventureless Marriage

February 15, 2017 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom Leave a Comment

Hungry For More Than This Adventureless Marriage

After a decade of marriage, birthing four mini-me’s, and turning into a SAHM, I am beyond hungry. Starving, actually. My appetite has become insatiable and my cravings unsurmountable. Yet, it isn’t food that I am in need of to satisfy these hunger pangs. Not in the least. I am hungry for passion. Intimacy. Emotional stimulation. […]

Filed Under: To Insanity and Beyond Tagged With: intimacy, marriage, motherhood, passion, revelation, romance, Sex, wife, woman

Embracing the Darkness of Depression

December 16, 2016 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom Leave a Comment

Embracing the Darkness of Depression

Little can be done to change the fact that my brain is not hardwired as it should be, but plenty can be done to cope with the effects of the disease. Medications, therapies, and self-care techniques, coupled with a toolbox full of how to’s and what not to do’s learned by trial and error, make […]

Filed Under: To Insanity and Beyond Tagged With: be still, cry, darkness, depression, do nothing, embrace, feeling bad, find perspective, getting better, living with mental illness, mental illness, passing storms

I Found Pain Relief With Medical Marijuana

October 16, 2016 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom

I Found Pain Relief With Medical Marijuana

Living with a disease that causes chronic pain was never part of my life plans. I couldn’t have prepared for it. Even if I had known what was in store beforehand. Pain. Limitations. Treatments. Therapies. Depression. They’re all part of the package. Finding relief while learning to navigate around my restrictions became the sole purpose […]

Filed Under: To Insanity and Beyond Tagged With: alternative medications, back pain, depression, disability, emotional effects of chronic pain, genetic disorder, living with chronic pain, medical marijuana, pain relief

My Reality-Too Young To Have Kids

September 22, 2016 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom Leave a Comment

My Reality-Too Young To Have Kids

There is no doubt in my mind that I had my children too young. It didn’t seem that way at the time, but I know better now. Just 21 years old when I had my first, I was naive and hopeful that everything would work itself out on its own accord. Twelve years later, I […]

Filed Under: To Insanity and Beyond Tagged With: birth, childhood, motherhood, pregnancy, too young for kids, truth, young, young mother

Survival Guide For The Football Addict’s Wife

September 10, 2016 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom Leave a Comment

Survival Guide For The Football Addict’s Wife

My husband has addiction issues, but not to drugs or alcohol like you probably thought upon reading that. His addiction can only be fed during the same six months of the year, sending him into withdrawals for the other six months. He jumps aboard the bandwagon with all the others who can’t live without the […]

Filed Under: To Insanity and Beyond, Uncategorized Tagged With: advice, football, football season, marriage, NFL, relationships, survival guide

Middle School Changes Motherhood Too

August 17, 2016 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom Leave a Comment

Middle School Changes Motherhood Too

Middle school is a time of change for both kids and parents alike. Having two sons who will be in sixth and seventh grade this school year, I have come to see just how much the dynamic between us has shifted recently. The days of having two rambunctious little monkeys with an insatiable appetite for […]

Filed Under: Columns, To Insanity and Beyond Tagged With: baby days, back to school, changes, family dynamic, middle school, mother son relationships, motherhood, puberty, tween years

Longing For One More Baby…

August 1, 2016 By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom Leave a Comment

Longing For One More Baby…

What does one do when they want something they cannot have? Something out of their reach merely because of the circumstances of life? They simmer beneath the surface. They bring envy, jealousy, longing, and yearning together in one pot and pray it doesn’t boil over. That’s exactly where I am in my life – silently […]

Filed Under: Columns, To Insanity and Beyond Tagged With: baby, body choices, can't have, dreaming, last baby, longing, motherhood, no more babies, pregnancy, want a baby, wishing, woman

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