I’m once again digging out of a depression cave, tiny bit by tiny bit with large pauses to regain my sapped strength. It didn’t get quite as bad this time, so my goal is the be clean by the new year (I’m also working all week so it’ll take longer). Tonight I cleaned off the bed and washed the sheets and such.
Posting here because, I dunno, feels important to be publicly realistic about the realities of living with mental health issues.
@Katie Same here, every year! Doing less all around kept the depression nest from accumulating quite so much this year, but I'm still putting in some extra cleaning rounds to enter the new year fresher.
I'm not putting the burden of "cleaning the whole house" on myself anymore, though; I know that would set me up for guilt. I set the goal of cleaning "something" every day this week, letting the actual thing be flexible.
Are you familiar with #TeamUFYH? It's helped me a LOT.
Katie Grosskopf
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