Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a great new year and got to celebrate it with loved ones and friends. I personally had a blast at the Casino with my family. It is the first time that we have all been able to go out together as adults. Anyway, I also rang in the new year sick. I got the nasty crud going around and it developed into a sinus infection and an ear infection. I ended up missing 1.5 days of work and spent 4 days in bed.
So when I started this blog I had the mindset of weight being the only key to my happiness. I have pondered on this thought for a couple of weeks now and realize that is not the only key to health and happiness. I want to be healthy and happy in all aspects of my life. These would include my mental illness, my physical appearance, my emotional health, and my monetary health. Being a single mom I feel like I am constantly stressing about money. I want to be able to allow my son to do everything and I also want to enjoy fun things. We have a trip planned to Cancun, Mexico this upcoming summer. I cannot wait, but am super stressed about the money. I know I will be paying mostly with my taxes, but I also want to pay off my trailer with my taxes as well. There is where I will start my lists. I write lists like they are going out of style. Shoot sometimes I write lists for my lists; it really does get out of hand. However, I have found it is a great stress reliever for me and it also helps me physically see my issue and prioritize.
I am sure that most of you who are reading this know me, but hopefully this blog will get to some people who don't. Either way I am hoping by opening up about my mental illnesses that I can help someone out there and maybe multiple people. In 2009, shortly after my son was born, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression. I went and saw a therapist for probably 2 years off and on after that and was on medication. I felt like therapy was the best thing to ever happen to me. I felt to free when I walked in that room. I could talk and talk for days. I felt the more I talked, the more I learned about myself, the more I grew to like myself.
I have made some poor decisions in my life and have viewed myself as a bad person after those poor choices. I grew to hate the person I had become, which just fed the depression monster living inside me. Therapy helped me see all the good things that I have done in my life and all the adversities that I have overcome, no matter how big or small. If you have never been to therapy I strongly recommend it. Whether you think you need it or not it is a great cleansing for your soul. It is not just for those of us with "problems" each and every person can get something out of it. So that is my challenge to you, if you have not gone to therapy go find one and just do at least one session, what have you got to lose?
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