Hello lovely people.

I haven't been around much lately. Work and life has been so busy, and I haven't been able to be online so much. 

Overall I think my MH is doing better. The SH has stopped and SI lessened. My pdoc is very posittive about my development, although we still have things to work on - especially around anxiety and self-worth.

My new meds are better, I think they have alot to do with the change. Although they have one side effect that I am struggling with, so I will talk to my pscyhatrist at our next appointment.

I have good days and I have very bad days, but I think the baseline of my bad days isn't as low as before. A large part of anxiety these days is the fear of falling back into that very dark place. I am still very triggered by certain things, although I seem to get out of my 'funk' a little easier.

The bushfire stuff is still impacting me. Asthma hasn't been good, and there are still days I can't go outside. I also struggle with the guilt of complaining about it, when I am relatively safe. I wasn't around on Tuesday, but i went back and read the Topic Tuesday // Your mental health and the recent bushfires // Tues 28 Jan, 7pm AEST and there are some good things there.

So i just have to keep on keeping on, although i still have days I want to give up. Keep working on the CBT and mindfulness. Keep going to the gym. Keep on trying to be kind to myself. (that last one is really hard).

Thinking of you all often. Apologies for being a little more in the shadows 

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