I had my first appointment and also upped my dosage of meds, there are still things I need to do like get a T check. But I feel like the wait is f\*cking agony even though its only a week. I don’t know if anyone relates to this and how you managed to continue functioning with work and school without stagnating and trying to race through to the next chance to fix yourself
Getting better is not a destination.
This is it.
It really sucks at first. When I was going through my worst, that time between sessions felt like an eternity. But my therapist had a mantra – get good at feeling bad. What she meant by that was learning to feel the bad feelings without either bottling them up or drowning in them. The process works differently for everyone and there’s a million techniques and tools (I found grounding exercises helped), but just like physical therapy, the pain will be worst at the beginning and it takes time and endurance and patience, but it will get better.
Trust the work. One day at a time. And its not a cure to your feelings, its learning to cope with it when it comes.
Rather than complain about others in your journey of mental health, why don’t you work on yourself?
I’m trying, but I’m at my limit where I can’t improve no matter what I try. I tried protein powder I tried working out, I dunno how to fix myself and its driving me nuts I just can’t fucking grow up and be a man