To answer your question, I do everything for my mental health. If it’s dishes (not on my life a machine) I do so mindfully. Ditto cleaning, laundry, gardening, driving. I’ve been told I’m a bit OCD. I was for decades told I have intractable anxiety. Bipolar 2, then 1, drugged right into neurotoxicity.
For my health I slowly got off medication, one substance at a time. The more I got off, the better I felt.
Joy is everywhere; you have to choose it, you have to work at it, it ain’t always easy, but it is so worth it.
Doing everything mindfully sounds like a great practice. I can't believe you got off all the meds! Wow, I kind of wish I could do that, but I don't know how. Plus I'm sure my family would never let me.
Ooof that is terrible. I almost gave up on therapy my first try because I was told I was just lonely and didn't have ADHD because I'd never failed school or lost a job (a few months after that I did in fact lose a job so thanks!)
I kept trying but finding someone who fits insurance and schedules is so frustrating.
I found my current therapist on Pyschology today and after using their filters I picked based on her profile picture having an animal with her lol. She's older and I'm always afraid shes going to retire and I'm going to have to start over.
Oh yeah, scheduling is a whole other complication! I'm very lucky right now that my insurance covers my therapy 100%, so no copay. Finding someone who took insurance and was available was hard though—I used Psychology Today too! My new therapist is young, one of the reasons I picked her, but I also look for people who seem friendly in their photos! An animal would definitely help lol.
(reposting this comment b/c I forgot to hit reply!)
To answer your question, I do everything for my mental health. If it’s dishes (not on my life a machine) I do so mindfully. Ditto cleaning, laundry, gardening, driving. I’ve been told I’m a bit OCD. I was for decades told I have intractable anxiety. Bipolar 2, then 1, drugged right into neurotoxicity.
For my health I slowly got off medication, one substance at a time. The more I got off, the better I felt.
Joy is everywhere; you have to choose it, you have to work at it, it ain’t always easy, but it is so worth it.
Doing everything mindfully sounds like a great practice. I can't believe you got off all the meds! Wow, I kind of wish I could do that, but I don't know how. Plus I'm sure my family would never let me.
I'm glad you're feeling better!
Hahaha not laughing at but because I too do that thing with comments and replies.
That's awesome! Glad you found something that works.
Ooof that is terrible. I almost gave up on therapy my first try because I was told I was just lonely and didn't have ADHD because I'd never failed school or lost a job (a few months after that I did in fact lose a job so thanks!)
I kept trying but finding someone who fits insurance and schedules is so frustrating.
I found my current therapist on Pyschology today and after using their filters I picked based on her profile picture having an animal with her lol. She's older and I'm always afraid shes going to retire and I'm going to have to start over.
Oh yeah, scheduling is a whole other complication! I'm very lucky right now that my insurance covers my therapy 100%, so no copay. Finding someone who took insurance and was available was hard though—I used Psychology Today too! My new therapist is young, one of the reasons I picked her, but I also look for people who seem friendly in their photos! An animal would definitely help lol.
(reposting this comment b/c I forgot to hit reply!)