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View submission: People WITHOUT depression and anxiety, what is life like?
Its hard to put into words! I'm still amazed that I didn't realize how depressed and anxious I was, then when I found out it was like floodgates opened. For Journaling I made a simple scale of 4 of my worst symptoms (anxiety, irritable, no appetite, low mood). Each rated 0 is not there to 5 extreme. It was helpful to me to be able to look back and see before meds I was always getting 16 or 17 out if 20. Now if I have a bad day and see 9/20 its easy to put into perspective. I encourage you to individualize and try!
Its easy to gaslight yourself into feeling your depression was never really that bad, since symptoms can be so vague, and we get so used to living with it. There were days early on where I felt really good and it really felt like I'd always felt this fine and why do I take pills if I'm fine? Other days of course felt bad and I would think these meds aren't working. But the numbers don't lie and it really helps keep you in the moment.
There's nothing here!