Looking back on past posts, I can see that I have been struggling since the beginning of December last year. A hard part about struggling with mental health is that it is not always respectful of your goals and routine. Rather, mental health struggles reduce each day to miniature moments of discomfort (or torment) that persist until the episode finally relents.

My medications have been adjusted, and I’m beginning to shed the crippling anxiety I had been feeling. But, I feel sad. I feel sad for the lost time. I feel sad that I didn’t have great content to get this blog going in the direction I had hoped for it. And while I do feel sad, I can also see how this period of time, and the reflection it caused, is helpful to future plans and goals. Even if an experience doesn’t feel good, it is helpful to find meaning and life lessons in whatever your experience has been.

Through my recent suffering, I have learned that I have made mistakes that have solutions. I learned that I want to be more intentional with my time. And I learned that I can manage heightened emotions by reviewing DBT exercises and staying open to positive emotions and experiences, even when I feel like closing myself down and hiding from the world.

Well, I think that is all I will write for today. If you are struggling with your mental health, I pray you find peace and positive emotions. Thanks for reading.