FOR TODAY | 19.06.2018
I woke up feeling dehydrated and uneasy. I felt it the second I opened my eyes and the best description, in a word, is INCONVENIENCE! I believe it was brought on by two weeks of the most relentless anxiety I’ve had in years. It has been strangely physical and incredibly unpredictable, striking at times when I can’t connect it to a specific emotional trigger. As someone who likes to quickly assess her emotions and understand the how’s and why’s of it all (i.e. CONTROL), it has been frustrating and scary. Not to mention, exhausting. My mind has been racing constantly. Is it work? The season? The Moon? Is it my hormones, age, excess caffeine? I have said it before and I’ll say it again, the mental health journey is not linear. It is a road trip full of detours, construction, flat tires and maps that are sometimes perfect and other times lead you to a horrible and unexpected place. You never arrive at a destination and sometimes you drive back...