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The Texas sky is always a shifting display. One morning, on our walk to school, my daughter and I looked up and our breath caught in our throats at the gorgeous blanket of clouds above us. On my walk back home only a few minutes later, the view was completely changed.
I had a rough August and an even rougher September, at least at the start. Long story short, I made a medication change a few months ago and didn’t make the connection between my quality of life and the meds change until recently. Oh my goodness, what a change in perspective!
I knew that I wasn’t feeling like my true self, which kept me from acting on any of my feelings. I was taking things personally and absorbing sorrows from every angle and they were all weighing me down. Most effort seemed exhausting and overwhelming. I truly felt terrible inside and was waiting for it to get better.
Because it’s been 13+ years now since my last episode of depression, I had forgotten what it’s like to feel even a tiny bit awful. I knew my feelings weren’t normal but I assumed it was hormone-related. I did start to feel better in a couple weeks, only to spiral down again the next month. I didn’t even realize what was going on. Mr. B even asked me if maybe I needed to go see my doctor.
Thank goodness, only a few days after getting back on the medicine, I am back to my positive and energetic self. How quickly things can shift and change, just like those clouds. Now the exact same circumstances feel manageable and delightful. Thank goodness for perspective. And thank goodness for those meds.
It strikes me now, as I write this, that I need to be on alert for overdoing it because that can get me into troubled waters too. Today I have cancelled all plans and declared it an extreme self-care day.
How about you? What causes your perspective to shift?
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