Working with depression

*Trigger warning - mental illness / depression. I didn't work today. I woke up and quickly realised my head didn't feel right. I spoke to my Mum (big love for her), re-scheduled my clients (big love for them) and took the day out. My mental illness is so level these days (medication & therapy to credit for that one) that today has been a huge shock. It's been really hard actually. I often look back at the 6 months off I had in 2017 and feel completely detached from just how hopeless, empty and numb I felt during that time. It sits in such contrast to my everyday. But today has contained remnants of just that. A switch has been flicked and it feels weirdly familiar and foreign at the same time. It doesn't make sense to me why my head feels like this. I can't really understand how things can so quickly shift. But I guess that's the nature of mental illness isn't it? I won't bore you with anymore of the half-baked revelations I'm attempting to process - I'm sure you'll find them in a TheMidweek email sometime soon aha. But let this be a reminder that A) whatever you feel is a-ok and B) there's so much power in doing what you need to do. You do you, as some would say.

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