
In which we embrace the plant-base
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I have been feeling better day by day, and as I feel better, it’s so hard to imagine the dark thoughts I had just a few days ago. It seems like in The Hole, I can’t remember the light; but when the clouds lift, I can’t understand the dark.
I am so grateful for everyone’s kind words, and I am also surprised to find so many others who deal with depression. It’s amazing how similar our thinking is during the dark days. Thank you all for sharing with me – it helps so much to know that I’m not alone. (To those of you who have emailed, I promise I’ll respond soon!)
A few things I’ve done recently that I think have helped a lot:
So, lots of little things, that have all added up to feeling better. Thanks for sticking with me, internets.
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You are such a wonderful person! I’m so glad that you’re headed up the other side again. Sometimes life is like walking from NY to CA – you want to fly, but have to walk up those mountains, down the valleys and through the swamps, through the boring flatlands, etc, etc, etc. So we just have to breathe, be in the moment wherever we are, and know that it all will change. Whether we want it to or not. (And I totally agree about getting out of the office at lunch! I’m so bad about not doing that.)
Thank you so much, Carolyn. And thank you for the lovely rose. 🙂
Looking through old photos of happy times does help. So does being open about the Hole. I could write so much about the Hole… but I’m glad you feel better. Ball of light?
Yes! Ball of light.
Those all sound like much needed activities.. and as a fellow night owl, I know the struggle with bedtime before midnight – such a strange concept.
Yep, it’s soooo hard for me to go to bed in the p.m. hours. Justin always stays up very late, too, so it makes it even harder!
Good to hear that you’re taking care of yourself Crystal. Spaghetti for breakfast sounds like fun! 😉
It was! I’m trying to be less rigid about what I eat for breakfast.
Wow, thanks so much for sharing about “The Hole”. I completely understand where you are coming from and have similar experiences. I am in such a place today, and started falling in it yesterday. I do understand there are triggers to depression and I try to recognize when it happens. For me those triggers are the end of the school semester, after visiting with family, not taking my vitamins, and after big events – pretty much anything after a big upswing. Reading your experience encouraged me even more that it is just a moment, a “hole” as you put it, and that I need to continue doing the things that make me happy.
Emailing you…