Feeling Low

It's okay to have mental low points

My major health issues were at their peak a few months ago. I have since then been going to therapy and taking medication to help my anxiety. So things have been slowly getting better. However, I still have really low days. This past week I've been very much in a fog.

I felt so useless and disappointed in myself for not being as productive as I had been and for not doing much besides watching shows on my laptop, while curled up on my couch. I wasn't doing anything that was really on my weekly to-do list and also fell out of habit on my morning routine. While I felt really foggy and didn't want to really even talk to people much, I also started to realize that it was okay to have these moments. I didn't miss things that I actually had scheduled, I just couldn't make myself do stuff when I didn't have anything officially planned.

I have to remind myself that everyone is not always on top of their stuff. That everyone has moments where they are not perfect. I am not less of a person for having foggy days where I am the laziest, it is needed sometimes. Your body, physically and mentally needs time off sometimes. self-care is a way to stop yourself from completely turning off, however if you don't see the signs that you mentally or physically need to take a step back for a little bit, your body will get to the point that you are in this foggy state for numerous days.

This of course is not like that of a depressive state, those are serious mental health situations and I am not making light of those. I am talking about the general population and how these types of moments or episodes if you want to call them that are perfectly normal and nothing to be ashamed of. I always feel like I have to apologize to everyone when I start to feel more myself again, because I was distant or not productive enough. But I am slowly learning I don't need to do that. I just need to say that I needed a step back for my personal mental health or honestly in some situations I don't need to explain at all.

Take moments for yourself and do not feel guilty if you end up in a foggy state. Just ride the wave of it and accept that it happens to everyone. Breath deeply and do not push yourself to be put together and productive all of the time. Its totally okay and natural for a person to have low moments that they just need to allow themselves to be in for a moment.