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Did you KNOW that it is normal to spend an entire day completely at a loss?
Yesterday, I had an immense list of actually important things to do. I worked from 8 till noon, then crashed, mentally. 6 months ago I would have gotten angry at myself. No longer.
You'd think, since #mentalhealth and #disability are things I know something about, that it wouldn't have taken me so long to figure this out. But it did. So I'm writing this to help you. Here's the deal:
With VERY FEW exceptions: We are all, all the time, in a constant state of low grade (or, heh, high grade) anxiety.
Anxiety wears you down. It sets up shop in your brain, and you don't even know it's there.
Anxiety wears you down. It sets up shop in your brain, and you don't even know it's there.
Anxiety is the reason you aren't sleeping right. You can't focus. You feel tired. You are irritable with the people you love. You feel guilty. All of these emotions and physical stressors.
They wear you down.
They wear you down.
OK maybe they don't wear YOU down, but I crash around 2pm AT BEST.
And I refuse to feel guilty about it. Like most of you, I'm working from home all the time now. So I have to do some creative planning.
And I refuse to feel guilty about it. Like most of you, I'm working from home all the time now. So I have to do some creative planning.
I'm EXPECTING to crash by 2pm. So I plan for it. I don't say, "TODAY, I WILL BE STRONG!" because it's not about strength. That's a lie. You brain is lying to you. (Also, probably, our Puritan, Capitalist, Industrial complex but also your brain)
My work day is truncated, fine. I can work with that. So can you. It sucks, but I'm here to tell you that you aren't the only one who feels this way.
You are not alone. 2pm, 1pm, whatever your *time* is. Own it. Don't fight it.
You are not alone. 2pm, 1pm, whatever your *time* is. Own it. Don't fight it.
You're not a bad person because you have a crash time. That's just the perpetual anxiety messing with your brain, sapping your energy, wearing you down.
Love yourself how you are.
Love yourself how you are.
Love yourself how you are.
Love yourself how you are.
Love yourself how you are.
Hey look, this looks very helpful! https://twitter.com/JoVanEvery/status/1351512852255940608?s=20
I wrote an essay about anxiety disorder during Covid on my website. You can read it here. Perhaps you'll find my TMI comforting: https://katieroseguestpryal.com/2020/03/18/anxiety-disorder-in-disordered-times/
