I have been struggling to write much recently. Not always necessarily because it has always been a struggle, but I haven’t really been able to put thoughts and words together to describe the state of my mental health apart from a few practical points.

Thinking about it, I am glad that people have been asking more about what my own personal struggles with anxiety and depression are, not only to make it less taboo, but in order for me to try to word and describe it for myself. One of the things I try to describe to people is my ability to overthink, way more than I should – and along with that – what I can think of myself, most often in an overly unnecessarily negative way.

There are still some aspects of that that I am working on confronting and managing. However, one way I have been trying to improve things has been increasing my dose of anti-depressants. I’m just hitting the 4-week mark now when I should hopefully start to feel a difference. Although from the little bits I have experienced so far, I am hoping that this adjustment (along with more work) will help me to really get the practical work I have been doing into my head and making it stick.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and to everyone who has reached out recently to offer support and ask me questions. I always enjoy having deeper conversations with people about mental health so please don’t be afraid to share feedback/comments/questions. Stay tuned for the next installment.

Until next time

K