CinKay Espinoza
Bio
I was who I was and I am who I am, but who I was is not who I am.
Stories (5/0)
- Top Story - November 2018
What I Have Learned from My Child with AutismTop Story - November 2018
I have a nephew who turned 12 recently and when he was diagnosed with autism, I started researching right away. I tried everything I could to understand what’s going on in his head and how to help him. I now have a 3-year-old son who also was diagnosed with autism June 6, 2018. With my previous experience with my nephew, I thought I knew everything I needed to know to work with a child with autism. The only thing having a nephew with autism helped me with was knowing the diagnosis was probable since my son was showing similar signs that my nephew did (I’ve suspected that my son has autism for over a year now but doctors brushed it off until this year when we had a neurologist officially diagnosis him with autism). I have learned so much from my son and I want to share it.
By CinKay Espinoza5 years ago in Families
Top 5 ASMRists
About a year ago I was learning about the “weird side” of YouTube and started seeing videos that said “ASMR” in the title. I was intrigued so I clicked on one and this woman was whispering to me and pretending to shampoo and cut my hair. While watching it, I felt this weird tingly sensation that started from the top of my head and radiated down my entire body. I loved that almost euphoric feeling and it was so relaxing and after that day I was hooked. ASMR is short for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and it describes that tingly sensation that I felt. Some people feel it and others don’t but if you do it feels amazing. I’m going to give a list of my top 5 favorite ASMRists so you can try to experience ASMR yourself.
By CinKay Espinoza6 years ago in Longevity
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, otherwise known as ODD, sounds extremely scary. I was scared when those words came out of the psychologist’s mouth during my 3-year-old son’s evaluation. The one thing I kept thinking about was a character on Degrassi named Hunter Hollingsworth who went to a psychiatric center for ODD. Visions of horrible things kept coming into my head. Will my son shoot up a school? Is my son going to become a criminal? Will I have to send him to a psychiatric center? After I left the psychologist appointment I decided to do my own research which helped me calm down. I’m going to answer some basic questions for you so that if you or someone you love is diagnosed with ODD you can better understand it and hopefully lessen your fears.
By CinKay Espinoza6 years ago in Psyche
My Suicide Story
September is a very important month for me. You really don’t think of much when you think of September other than back to school. To me I think about suicide prevention month. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and its count is on the rise. It is extremely controversial to talk about because there’re so many thoughts behind it. Some people don’t understand why people commit suicide or even think about it. For every “successful” (for lack of a better term) suicide there’s 25 attempts. I was almost one of those people so I want to share my story.
By CinKay Espinoza6 years ago in Psyche
Being One and Done by Choice
As a kid, I always wanted to be a mom. I was constantly begging my parents to buy me baby dolls, and I would take them everywhere with me. I was always taking care of these baby dolls and practicing being a mom. I worked at a daycare for a year when I was 17–18 years old. That made me more set on the idea of wanting to be a mom and wanting a big family. I wanted about 3–5 kids, and I remember when I met my husband and started talking about our future I said I wanted to have at least three kids, and I would not settle with less. He agreed and before we got married we started trying for a baby. I was 20 years old when I had him. After we had our son, I realized being a mom was nothing like how I expected and that’s normal. After a year of having him, I started thinking about the possibility of him being an only. It was hard and I jumped back and forth between having another child in the future and not having another one. My son is now three years old and I am 23, and I am making an appointment to have my tubes tied. It is a decision my husband and I both agree with and, while it is our decision and our decision alone, we have gotten hate for this decision. So why am I posting this on a public site knowing I might get more hate for this? Because I know, while I might get hate, there’s going to be someone who is in my shoes who needs this. So here are some things I feel every one-and-done parent should hear.
By CinKay Espinoza6 years ago in Families