Anyone in the same boat?
Hello to anyone seeing this 👋
For the past two weeks I've been really feeling low but not apathetic (which is a good sign), hence why I returned. Funny thing is when I took the "check in" in the bio last september it resulted in mild depression and anxiety. Two weeks later, last wednesday, I was watching D'Angelo Wallace on YT and he opened up about not feeling well and experiencing seasonal depression and have been taking the time off social media and just doing what makes him feel better and getting vitamin D? as a way to recover.
I'm trying to do the same thing. I've been focused on my writing for the last two weeks (it helps not gonna lie) and I have self-care or tools that helps me in getting through but there are times that that awful feeling just creeps in.
I just want to know if anyone is on the same boat and how are you working your way around this? Thank you to anyone who will acknowledge, you're a good one.
@Moonlight778
Hello! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and how you're dealing with your issues. I'm so proud of you that you're taking such crucial steps towards your well-being!❤️❤️
I have seasonal depression too! And I can relate to this. Writing/journaling helps a lot.. those unpleasant thoughts and emotions creeps in but I guess grounding techniques and mindfulness helps a lot. I keep reminding myself that I'm not my thoughts. I imagine my mind as the sky which is neither happy about the sun nor it is sad about the clouds. In this way I'm able to stay calm in both situations where my mind thinks good and bad things.
I walk a lot as well. It helps to increase the good chemicals in my body which keeps me feeling better.
Sometimes I tend to forget that I am not my thoughts and start making my mind let me feel the sadness. In those moments I trick myself with asking my mind to absolutely not think of a monkey 🐒 eating a banana. Haha XD And then as usual I can only think of it. That's when I tell myself that see? Thoughts are uncontrollable and that's why my thoughts aren't important at all.
All the best to you!! 😊
@dtanushree Hi, thank you for responding. I'm relieved and validated that i'm not alone in this struggle and that I'm doing what I actually can to combat this. That's probably what I'm forgetting - "I'm not my thoughts" which is funny because I meditate everyday and I do remind myself that within the session.
I guess my issues arising is also another issue since I'm having a hard time which to sort and which to not take seriously 😅 So you sharing your struggle, has helped me what to do next and I highly appreciate you for that🙏😊
Once again, thank you, I do believe that this will come to pass and we will eventually get out of it, but until then, I wish you well and I'm proud of you too! You're actually doing better than me in handling this and I admire you for that. Sometimes it's really not that bad to reach out, i'm glad this is one of those odds~
