Getting My Groove Back

After having my youngest, I fell deep into depression with really bad anxiety. Life was not easy at all! I would go days without brushing my hair, changing my clothes, literally anything that involved self care I was not doing it. I had no motivation to do anything, I finally reached out to family and doctors about what was going on. At first, I was just telling myself that it was helping, but it truly wasn’t. No one was able to help me until I finally realized I needed to help myself. Of course I still have my days that aren’t the best, but I’ve noticed I’m not completely dreading waking up anymore. It’s basically a lie that you have to tell yourself in order to start feeling better, but it’s also showing yourself that you’re going to take action in doing the small things. I’ve now started doing my hair, skin care, make up, getting dressed every single day. To me; looking good, is feeling good. Eventually, you trick your mind into finding a new pattern and you start to notice a major difference. I used to tell myself “you don’t have time,” “you have four kids,” “you can’t do anything for yourself.” Gosh, I was just blindsiding myself! If I could tell any mother some advice, it would be to MAKE THE TIME FOR YOURSELF!! Having four kids is a lot and seriously takes a lot from me, but you just have to give yourself daily reminders. Your children need you to be your best self! I’m starting to love myself again and that’s also helped with my marriage and accepting the way my life is right now, it’s something beautiful and should be appreciated more.