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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

The unknown

Getting better at living with uncertainty.

advice, anxiety, change, covid19, creativity, depression, emotional baggage, emotional intelligence, fatigue, fear, future, job, leadership, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, philosophy, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self-care, self-regulation, therapy, wellness, wisdom, work

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

Tuesday haiku

It’s been a weird day. Also, Happy Birthday to my dog, Macallan!

antidepressants, bad day, depression, fatigue, jerk brain, medication, mental health, recovery, Wellbutrin

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

What now?

The conference gave me something to work towards and something to look forward to. It also gave me the perfect distraction.

anxiety, depression, emotional baggage, fatigue, future, hiding, jerk brain, mental health

An object at rest

My experience with exhaustion through the lens of my depression, informed by Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of Classical Mechanics.

depression, fatigue, inertia, jerkbrain

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