Today was a good day, but it didn’t start out that way.
I woke up and didn’t want to go to work (again). I slowly and reluctantly got up anyway because I knew I had a lot of work waiting for me. I got in the car and became hysterical. First, I left my phone on the bed and had to go back in and get it. Second, it was so humid and gross outside. I panicked thinking about how I have no summer clothes and I am going to be miserable all summer. Even the traffic made me angry and anxious. I felt like I was almost hyperventilating.
When I got to work and got into the swing of things, everything was fine and I calmed down. It is a good thing I stopped the adderall today. I think it was making me anxious and panicked.
Anyway, enough about that. I feel better so I am not going to dwell on this morning.
Today I went to my third group therapy session for the ED program. It was great and I left feeling really good, like I have a lot of support there. Then, I went to dinner with L and went to Borders to work on the Step One Assignment for the program (which I will post when I finish it on Thursday). The best part of my day though was coming up with the idea to make the following list. I got the idea because I was nervous that I would come back to my apartment and feel lonely and bored.
I woke up and didn’t want to go to work (again). I slowly and reluctantly got up anyway because I knew I had a lot of work waiting for me. I got in the car and became hysterical. First, I left my phone on the bed and had to go back in and get it. Second, it was so humid and gross outside. I panicked thinking about how I have no summer clothes and I am going to be miserable all summer. Even the traffic made me angry and anxious. I felt like I was almost hyperventilating.
When I got to work and got into the swing of things, everything was fine and I calmed down. It is a good thing I stopped the adderall today. I think it was making me anxious and panicked.
Anyway, enough about that. I feel better so I am not going to dwell on this morning.
Today I went to my third group therapy session for the ED program. It was great and I left feeling really good, like I have a lot of support there. Then, I went to dinner with L and went to Borders to work on the Step One Assignment for the program (which I will post when I finish it on Thursday). The best part of my day though was coming up with the idea to make the following list. I got the idea because I was nervous that I would come back to my apartment and feel lonely and bored.
Ten things I am going to do tonight before I go to sleep:
Water the plants- Put away laundry
Find receipts for insuranceTake a showerBrush my teetUpdate my Netflix queue- Call R
Clean kitchen sink and put dishes in dishwasherWrite in blog- Read chapter 2 of Mindful Eating by Jon Kabat-Zinn (for the ED program)- I plan to do this after I finish this post
Crossing items off of this list felt really good. I know some of the things seem ridiculous and ordinary (like brushing my teeth), but sometimes when I feel really low and depressed, I neglect my health and taking care of myself.
So, yay for me and my super cool list.
So, yay for me and my super cool list.
Did any of you do anything uplifting today?
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