No combination of reading, thinking or therapy has me feeling better and more functional than this combination of medication. For many of us, you cannot think or will your way out of your mental health diagnoses. You can eat well, sleep well, exercise and have good relationships and financial security and STILL be burdened with excess symptoms of anxiety, irritability, depression and poor functioning.
For awhile, I felt like a failure. Like I “should” be able to manage myself with a healthy career, marriage and my happy kids. But I know now that makes no sense, it is just yet another false and imperfect thought that tries to get me feeling down. I’ve been down that road all too many times before and I’m starting to know better, and to FEEL better.
That’s just not the reality of mental health.. The evidence shows that our brains function differently and have different balances of neurohormones.
Here’s what I’ve learned so far. If it resonates with you, tack it up on your mirror when you’re feeling low or down. Let it remind you that you are worth it all. All the therapy, medication and work- you are worth it.
- I am worthy of feeling good
- I am not less than anything because I take medication for my symptoms
- I am worthy of feeling good (say it again)
- I am not filling my body with “pills” rather I am balancing what is unbalanced.
- If I feel better when I take medication, I will not go back to how I felt before no matter how often my brain tries to tell me I don’t need to “rely” on pills.
Hope some of this resonates with you all
Lorraine
Dr. Lorraine Sharp 