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Recovery from depression has changed how I relate to people.

anxiety, career, change, depression, emotional baggage, emotional intelligence, exhaustion, fatigue, future, hiding, jerk brain, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, pretending, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self image, self-care, self-regulation, therapy, toxic positivity, wellness

Discomfort

Therapy is tiring, but it also teaches me how to rest.

anxiety, change, depression, emotional baggage, exhaustion, fatigue, future, lessons learned, mental health, perspective, priorities, recovery, reflections, rest, self-care, therapy, wellness

Tired

Life is exhausting right now. There is still hope.

anger, anxiety, change, covid19, depression, exhaustion, fatigue, fear, future, jerk brain, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, rest, self-care, self-regulation, social distancing, therapy, wellness, what to say

Thera-cation

My therapist is on vacation. A little rest is a good thing.

anxiety, depression, exhaustion, mental health, recovery, rest, therapy, vacation

Recovery update: The space between

Entering the homestretch of my medication taper and trying to discern what is frustration from social distancing and quarantine and what are symptoms of depression. There’s very little difference.

#jerkbrain, covid19, depression, exercise, exhaustion, fatigue, medication, mental health, recovery, shelter in place, social distancing

Switch the flip

What happens when an extrovert suddenly finds social interaction draining and exhausting? I’ve found out and I don’t like it.

depression, exhaustion, fatigue, fear, hiding, job, mental health, pretending, self image

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