In the depths of depression here 🥲

Fresh air, exercise, water, doing things that bring you peace & happiness. Eating well! Getting enough sleep (if you can)

If you want to talk to someone you can talk to me - my sons at his grandparents for the nite

Sorry to hear you are struggling right now. I am also someone who prefers holistic approaches and have faced my own struggles due to trauma etc in the past. - Whereabouts are you from? There may be some free services you can access for therapy. - Slightly controversial topic but there have been studies done that prove medically that depression and anxiety is linked to diet and your gut microbiome. So adjusting diet might help, a whole foods and Mediterranean diet can really help as well as cutting out gluten products. And taking a good quality probiotic. - The smartphone challenge, swap your smartphone for a basic non Internet connecting phone for 4 weeks, first week will be SO hard because we all use phones as a bit if a crutch these days. It makes a huge difference to your mood long term and sleep and stress levels. - Lavender oil or steam inhalation - Chamomile tea with honey

Wow thank you so much guys, I hate this feeling, I don’t want to be in my own skin, the intrusive thoughts are hell right now. I’m going to try and make some changes and see what happens. Grabbing the phone and scrolling is up there as a thing I do obsessively when I’m depressed so I don’t think that’s helping. @danielle I really appreciate this comment, it’s that sort of super hard place where I don’t know what to say though-numb, you know? Thank you though

Understand. Just wanted to make sure you’re alright - but sounds like you’ve got a handle on things - if you do ever wanna chat though - it’s no trouble - take care

Give me a message if you want any help with a meal plan etc or probiotic recommendations too. When you're in that space I know it can be hard to even muster up the energy to think about those things and get the ball rolling. So if I can help you out with getting started on anything I'd be more than happy to. Also if you're UK based I do know of some free therapy you are likely to be able to access. Did anything trigger this? And have you recently had children or been pregnant? Because there's other options to consider if so that again I'd be more than happy to message about.