Living with anxiety and depression can be hard. I try every single day to not let it get the best of me and I have been a lot more successful recently. However I still have days that are hard and I break down, which sucks and its not fun. I took a class to help me over come my anxiety and depression after I had my daughter, this helped me a ton. The class took me through so many emotional tools to help me when I was feeling anxious or depressed. As well as teaching me how to take care of my body's nutrition can help me as well as exercising can help me stay on track. I wasn't perfect, but if you go through the class trying each and everyday knowing that its a life long commitment to become better each day as time goes on, you have better results. I feel like our kids deserve the best to know that their mommy is going to fight to overcome these obstacles in my life so that I can fully be there for them in the way that they need. I know first hand how bad and selfish it can be when a parent puts there struggles on their kids. I never want too do that to my kids, I want to work through these things and get help if I need help. Rather then just wallow in my problem, and making my house crumble because I cant admit that I need help. I am striving to become better everyday, and because I work on it and strive to be better I don't have anxiety very often. I also don't get depressed as often because I have found what works for me to overcome and be better each day. However every once in a while I still have days that those things creep back up, which doesn't mean I failed because I had a down day. This just means I need to take some time to reconnect and figure out why this is happening, and use the tools I learned in my class to overcome, so that I can pick myself back up and have a better tomorrow.
Anxiety can be triggered at anytime and by anything, I never quite know what's going to trigger my anxiety. But by recognizing some tools to help it can make me snap out of it quicker.
Here are some things that help me overcome my Depression and Anxiety.
Having projects, Something to accomplish and to see that I accomplished something everyday.
Having something to look forward to each day, even something small works like my daughters smile.
Having a positive out look on life and positive thoughts can make a world of a difference.
Loving me for who I am and where I am at makes all the difference for me.
I have so many other things that help to, like eating healthy and doing yoga help me relax and come back to reality.
I feel like the fight against my depression and anxiety is so important, and worth doing each and everyday. My kids deserve a mom that's willing to overcome and fight these battles so that I can be there for them, and help them. I don't want to look back and say will I was struggling so you just need to understand that. NO! I want to look back and tell my kids that I fought each and every day to make sure I could be the best mom possible and that I could be there for you when you needed me. That's the kind of mom I want to be the one who fights for her kids.
Until next time have a wonderful day.