Hello again my beautiful friends. Thank you so much for all
the love and support I have received the past few weeks. I appreciate it a ton.
I am seeing a therapist every week for my anxiety and
chronic depression (dysthymia), and a psychiatrist as well (she is also very good), but only every other month. I
am still a long way from where I should be, but it is a work in progress and I
am doing much better. Basically, all the crap I had been running from for most
of my life has finally caught up to me and now I have to deal with it. I’m not
ready to talk about what my issues are/ were, but I know one day I will be able
to.
One of the reasons I adore my therapist is that she gets me. The other reason is that she has treated other writers before, which helps. Trust me, it can be hard to
explain the complexity of writing to non-writers. But my therapist understands,
and she is so patient and supportive. She even encouraged me to keep on
blogging, as the awesome friendships and relationships I have built up over
time, is so important and valid. A friend is a friend, whether you only
communicate online or not. I know that now, and I don’t care that other people
think I’m nuts for only having friends online. I haven’t kept on blogging as my
therapist suggested, but hopefully I can get back into it now.
All week last week one of the TV channels had all the Harry Potter movies on, so basically I spent all of last week really immersing myself into Hogwarts and all things Harry Potter. It was so much fun. It was the first time in a long time that I really enjoyed something. Depression sucks the enjoyment out of everything. But not last week:)
Thank you so much again, my wonderful friends. I hope all is
still well with everyone. Let me know how you are in the comments.