Hello friends and dear readers! Welcome back to my hallo-blog where I discuss different topics through out the month of October and also celebrate my 5 year blog-aversary by counting down the top most read blogs of all time! Today I am reviewing the 6th most popular blog post of all time:
Post Depression Self Care: Reading this blog just honestly made me so sad because I was so debilitated by depression during this time of my life and my God, everything was just so different. I didn't leave the house for WEEKS at a time and this was way before the days of the covid-19 pandemic. This blog was published in September 2017 and it encompasses the steps I take to get back into my life after a serious depression relapse. All I had going for me during these times in San Francisco was beauty service appointments. I didn't have friends or family living near by to help me celebrate when I came out the other side. I had no social life. I had no job. The only reason I left the house was for appointments and even then I canceled a majority of them, usually on the day of the service because I never knew how I would feel or react to situations. I was so miserable. At the time, these pampering services were my only refuge from my extreme shut-in lifestyle. It's important to remember that the Lindsay that existed then, deserves just as much, if not more love and patience than the Lindsay now does. Thankfully, I had my husband Eddie there for me every single day and that was not easy on him at all. There were many days where I felt like a useless wife...or a useless person all around.
Sigh.....if this is where you are right now. I promise you, with all my heart and experience and knowledge, that it does get better. If you WANT to get better and keep working at it, it can and will happen. During this phase of my life I wasn't even sure if I wanted to live the remainder of my life if that was how it was going to be. I am so glad that I showed up for myself I did all of the things that I needed to do in order to fix that. It took years. Please have patience with yourself.
Things can get so severe like that without realizing it. It's one comfort after another that you are grasping at for any glimpse of happiness. Giving yourself that comfort can sabotage your own life in ways I never expected. The most obvious are weight gain and debt but we all have our vices. This is why it's so important to share these blogs with anyone who will listen! You honestly NEVER know who it will help and how.
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