Tag: mental health

• Why so sad?

  

  “Wow, she is so sad!” That was my therapist’s response after I shared some of my childhood photos from El Salvador.   I’ve always wondered why I look that way in most photos. My childhood wasn’t unhappy, but perhaps parts of me were. I was two years old when my mom left El Salvador to immigrate…

  Frida Villalobos

  April 19, 2025

  childhood traumas, el salvador, frida villalobos, fridas cafe, latina blogger, life, mental health, theraphy, trauma, triggers

• Learning to understand my rollercoaster

  

  I’ve never connected with a piece of art in the way I connected with this painting.  When I saw it on a wall at a gallery this summer I was beginning to discover something about myself. I saw myself in the woman in the middle of looks like a tornado. I connected with it because…

  Frida Villalobos

  December 31, 2023

  adhd, anxiety, autism, depression, mental health

• Thinking beyond the guns

   Friday I woke up extremely excited because I was going to get to see my little Gael. It was time for a 32-week ultra sound. Hidden behind the excitement there’s always a fear that something may not be right.  The fears later that day went beyond his physical well-being. When I first got pregnant I…

  Frida Villalobos

  December 16, 2012

  connecticut, frida villalobos, gun control, juju chang, media, mental health, morgan freeman, Newtown massacre, social media, talking to children about violence, violence, weapons