To be perfectly honest, I've been a bit of an emotional mess lately. I believe my depression and anxiety are being barely kept in check, and I routinely lack the motivation to do basic tasks: go to work, do laundry, do the dishes, etc. I find myself emotionally labile: easily angered, impatient, sad for little to no reason. My sleep schedule has gone completely to ****.
My recent breakup from a relationship of 4 years has certainly contributed to these feelings. I also think many of us are sort of in a weird general malaise and exhaustion since COVID hit, especially since I've continued going into work almost every day.
So anyway, at the suggestion of a therapist I decided to go to an Al-Anon meeting (like AA, but for family/loved ones of folks who have problems drinking rather than a problem themselves). I won't go into detail but needless to say I have a history of growing up around and living with folks with substance use issues.
The meeting was mildly awkward and the agnostic in me sort of rolls my eyes at the the God-oriented language but I'm willing to work with it. I was pleasantly surprised that it was not entirely composed of Boomers...Millennials were there! So that part was nice. And the people seemed generally friendly.
The theme for the evening was "Walking Through Fear." It was nice to hear folks share about facing their fears and so on, though I didn't have the courage to share myself this first time. I probably will if/when I go again.
I may post about future experiences if I think they might be edifying (while respecting the anonymity of attendees, obviously). Thanks for reading of you made it this far into my rambling.
My recent breakup from a relationship of 4 years has certainly contributed to these feelings. I also think many of us are sort of in a weird general malaise and exhaustion since COVID hit, especially since I've continued going into work almost every day.
So anyway, at the suggestion of a therapist I decided to go to an Al-Anon meeting (like AA, but for family/loved ones of folks who have problems drinking rather than a problem themselves). I won't go into detail but needless to say I have a history of growing up around and living with folks with substance use issues.
The meeting was mildly awkward and the agnostic in me sort of rolls my eyes at the the God-oriented language but I'm willing to work with it. I was pleasantly surprised that it was not entirely composed of Boomers...Millennials were there! So that part was nice. And the people seemed generally friendly.
The theme for the evening was "Walking Through Fear." It was nice to hear folks share about facing their fears and so on, though I didn't have the courage to share myself this first time. I probably will if/when I go again.
I may post about future experiences if I think they might be edifying (while respecting the anonymity of attendees, obviously). Thanks for reading of you made it this far into my rambling.