Today it is a little bit of a lower note, I want to share with you that I suffer from mild depression. It comes and goes but I was hit by it yesterday for a while, I was so low that my brain never functioned and I just felt so bad. I couldn't do the easiest of things, it can be lonely running your own business and being a single mother so sometimes it hits me like a brick and I am always so surprised how much energy it takes from me. I have had this for the longest time and I know I am not the only one, you know life can be full of challenges and sometimes that gets on top off you.
Luckily because I have had it for so long I have found tools that help and I want to share them with you today. Also the fact that depression comes in many forms sometimes it can be debilitating and sometimes you should really call for help, but sometimes it is so mild that we tell ourselves not to be silly. So here is a little bag of tools that I will probberly use again and again.
Stay active! This is so true let me delve deeper: I went to pole class last night and only hours before I had been hit with this down turn in my mind. I slept for 30mins and I made myself go! No one in the class knew how I was feeling because I chose not to share but then we got into it and the world changed, my mind was sent out the building because I was hanging upside down, laughing and dancing. Not a chance for my mind to take control because when you exercise you are in the moment and in that moment you are ok.
Exercises also releases endorphins that make you feel better, so I went home and I slept like a baby. I know the fight it can take to get a depressed head out the door, I have to drive myself every time, every time I make my self do it I feel better and this is maybe why I do.
Make sure your bedroom is just for relaxing, no TV nothing that could be a stressor, no bills lying around, washing..... Keep it all out the bedroom. I sage and cleanse my room and meditate in there with candles, read a nice book, just make sure it is the chill zone.. You need and deserve that.
Talk to someone, cry if you need to , just imagine it it like a tap that you are venting stream from. I confided in a friend last night and just to be able to say out loud how I was hit with this depression today made me feel better, I also call the Samaritans 01224574488. Sometimes it is good to vent to someone who doesn't know you and who is trained to deal with it so that you do not pressure your friends and family. There is no shame in this it is a byproduct of modern life.
Get yourself a hobby, visit friends do something to get your head out of the space it is in, or sleep rest. Most of all Love yourself as you are trying your best and that is all you can do, Rome was not build in a day, yeh!
So with love and kindness to myself and you I hope you have a blessed day. Xx
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