As a working mom, I struggle with so much....am I a good mom, am I a good wife, and am I in general a good person.
Most days I feel like I am so inadequate in all three of those areas, and its frustrating. I was looking back at pictures this morning thinking "man alive, I had it all together at some point....what happened?" Well I'm pretty sure life happened, anxiety and depression happened and the general apathetic mindset happened.
My question to myself and others...how do you change this mindset...I know I can do all these things and be the best person I can...I have good intentions but sticking to the goals and plans I feel sometimes is impossible. I get inside my own head to much and then talk myself out of so much and tell myself I can't do this, and then I believe it. How do I get back to the mindset of when I was disciplined and walking 3+ miles a day and very particular about how I ate.
Depression and Anxiety tend to rob a person of so much and can make a person so apathetic and not want to take care of yourself. I need to overcome this...I'm not afraid to say that I take medication everyday to help this, but I also need to flip that switch...I feel better when I work out and eat better, and I feel like I have my D/A under control better, but man alive it is powerful and can have a strong thumb hold on your life when you don't manage it. Mental health is just as important or even more important that physical health. Mental Health has such a strong baring on how you feel physically, but yet people are so ashamed to admit they are struggling...would you be ashamed to say "I had a heart attack and I need to be on high blood pressure medicine, or I am diabetic and I need to take insulin everyday" NO...you wouldn't....then why should I be ashamed to tell people that I am struggling and need to take medicine for my mental health. It makes me angry.
Comment below if you have any ideas on how to change this stigma, or how to help someone switch their mindset....everyone deserves to be happy and everyone deserves to have coping skills to make their lives happy and less stressful.
Stress is NOT a bad word....you just need to learn how to manage your stress....Stress should be something you experience and think "OK...this is how my body is going to react to this situation and I am going nail it and make the best out of it" instead of "OH SHIT, I'm stressed and life is going to be difficult."
Be brave....be strong and be HAPPY!!!
Please everyone reach out to one person....genuinely wish them a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and tell them they are a good person and they are doing OK as a person!!!!
SJB
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