Depressed, Overwhelmed, & Struggling: How Two Simple Words Helped Me Feel Like I Could Make It Through

The Pretty Uncomfortable Podcast

There are times in life that things just get...hard. Hard to stay positive. Hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hard to feel like you can make it through.

And then the internet tells you that you are not doing enough. Just meditate. Read that popular self-help book. Change your mindset. Practice gratitude. Get outside more. Focus on the good things. Journal. Meanwhile, you're just trying to get out of bed today. Suddenly you're thinking "Fuck, I should be doing more. It's my fault I am feeling this way." And then, on top of all the other dark feelings brewing in your mind, you can now add that you suck at self-care.

I am here to tell you- FUCK THAT. Sometimes, simply brushing your teeth is a monumental accomplishment, and you need to congratulate yourself for that.

This is not a permission slip to not take care of yourself. This is not me telling you to sit in the dark and hide yourself away. What I am telling you is that sometimes it's ok to simply be not ok. It's ok to do the bare minimum until you can do a fraction more. And then a little more.

In this episode I give you a very raw and emotional peek into my current struggles and my feelings of drowning. I share with you the statement my therapist said to me that released a weight off of my shoulders. Two words that helped me more than anything else could in this moment.

With this episode I have chosen to minimally edit, leaving in the emotional moments that completely took me by surprise and caused me to give the occasional pause until I could gather myself. In a world that is flooded with highlight reels that help to make us feel worse about our own lives, I feel it is so important to share the other side. To show that you are NOT alone. And that we all struggle. So while it feels incredibly uncomfortable to share this episode with such raw moments not being edited out, it is also far too important not to.

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