The world is A LOT right now. If you're paying attention and not going through some form of this, I think something is probably off in your head. We're bombarded daily with all of the political stuff, crime stories, relationship issues, raising kids, facing our aging parents' mortality and therefore our own, friendship maintenance, spiritual questions, and the list goes on.
We have to regulate somehow, and if we don't consciously do it, our body and mind has a way of doing it for us. I've been working on spending a little bit of time each day actively thinking about the things I'm grateful for and watching or reading something funny and/or completely disconnected from the trials I'm going through. I guess it's a bit of a form of avoidance, but I like to think of it more in terms of balance.
We can't stay in that heightened state of awareness and anxiety all the time or it will literally kill us.
Thank you for sharing what a lot of people are scared to talk about these days.
Thank YOU for coming in here to say all that. I truly appreciate your words.
You’re so right— the world is so heavy right now and it is insane. Then, like you said, add your own personal life and it’s just… even worse.
I am doing a lot better than I was… so maybe there’s a magic number of hours of sleep I needed to shake a little bit of the depression off? 🙃 But honestly, I’ve lived with it so long, I actually understand it better now. This “episode” was just a doozy and when they go over a certain number of days I begin to just feel a little panicky.
Again, thank you so much for coming to say that. I will always share things like this bc I do feel like there are so many people out there who just feel like they are alone.
The world is A LOT right now. If you're paying attention and not going through some form of this, I think something is probably off in your head. We're bombarded daily with all of the political stuff, crime stories, relationship issues, raising kids, facing our aging parents' mortality and therefore our own, friendship maintenance, spiritual questions, and the list goes on.
We have to regulate somehow, and if we don't consciously do it, our body and mind has a way of doing it for us. I've been working on spending a little bit of time each day actively thinking about the things I'm grateful for and watching or reading something funny and/or completely disconnected from the trials I'm going through. I guess it's a bit of a form of avoidance, but I like to think of it more in terms of balance.
We can't stay in that heightened state of awareness and anxiety all the time or it will literally kill us.
Thank you for sharing what a lot of people are scared to talk about these days.
Thank YOU for coming in here to say all that. I truly appreciate your words.
You’re so right— the world is so heavy right now and it is insane. Then, like you said, add your own personal life and it’s just… even worse.
I am doing a lot better than I was… so maybe there’s a magic number of hours of sleep I needed to shake a little bit of the depression off? 🙃 But honestly, I’ve lived with it so long, I actually understand it better now. This “episode” was just a doozy and when they go over a certain number of days I begin to just feel a little panicky.
Again, thank you so much for coming to say that. I will always share things like this bc I do feel like there are so many people out there who just feel like they are alone.