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Sep 8, 2023Liked by Meredith Ethington

I consider my depression to be “in remission” because I’ve gone about 3 years without a major/long-lasting dark time. But it has taken 2 decades of work to stack All The Things in a perfect combination to get me feeling generally stable. I still struggle hard with PMDD though, and all the placations in the world haven’t “fixed” that time each month. I tried to count up one time, and it takes roughly 17 *daily habits* to keep this machine “cured” -- that’s not cured, but I’m very lucky to be mostly well *managed.*

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Yes! I think this is something people don’t often understand. Just how much effort it takes to maintain.

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Sep 8, 2023Liked by Meredith Ethington

I’m on medication for my anxiety, this past week I’ve had such a hard time falling asleep because my brain won’t stop running around thinking about all the things that can happen.......but really won’t happen. It sucks and I just want a good nights sleep

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Ugh. I get this so much!!

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