Last week I told my therapist I wasn’t feeling motivated or passionate anymore. She said that often times people with a history of trauma, chronic stress, or mental illness can see a decline in executive functioning, which can explain low motivation. Here’s what she suggested.
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Read More“I don’t know what to DO with myself when I’m not working,” I told my friend. “Like, what do I actually do? What does resting actually look like? It can just be sitting and staring at a wall. Is it baths? Can I walk or is that too active? Do I just lay on the couch? I’m genuinely confused. How do I rest?”
Read MoreI’ve been in therapy for a LONG time. More than half my life.
I’m 33.
I’m divorced.
I’ve been to intensive outpatient therapy for an ED.
I’ve been hospitalized for attempts to end my life.
I’ve tried CBT, DBT, EMDR, Existential/humanistic therapy, ACT….
Read MoreI have been learning SO many juicy nuggets of information over the last 12 days.
I’ve been in and out of therapy since 2005, spent 4 months in Eating Disorder Recovery in 2015, and attended Graduate School to study Mental Health Counseling.
To say I know a lot about mental health is an understatement.
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Read MoreHealing, like ANY other endeavor, requires rest. It requires time away so we can recharge, zoom out, and re-engage with fresh and rested eyes. Choosing to question your daily actions, behaviors, relationships, and ways of being is an act of courage. Yes, healing is a triumphant, exuberant, and worthwhile pursuit. And like any other form of mastery, it is a practice, a ritual, and a lifelong commitment: the work takes effort, endurance, and time. And as is true with any endurance sport, rest, refueling, and breaks are necessary for sustainability.
Read MoreFor most of my young adult life (like, idk, ages 13-28) I absolutely hated myself. Like full-blown self-disgust. I spent years in therapy for an eating disorder and depression. I spent more years in therapy for anxiety and crippling panic attacks. I eventually ended up back in therapy during my divorce, and in the following years took a deep dive into figuring out why the fuck I kept drowning when I seemed to have so many tools at my disposal to NOT drown.
Read MoreThis three-step process is what I follow to do my inner child work.
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