And so the cycle goes...Health and Wellbeing

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I'm so sorry to hear you've been having such a rough year. Hugs!

My strain is almost all mental. I suffer from anxiety, but last year I started taking medication to help control it as I found I couldn't manage it on my own anymore. I started excercising again, becasue A) excercise helps greatly with anxiety and depression, and B) my poor back. I went through five months of crippling back and shoulder pain last year. After being assessed by the doctor it was determined that my lower back was actually the issue, and core strengthening excercises were needed. Plus the anxiety does a number on your physically. I've been on the medication for nine months now and it helps so much. Plus, the excercise helps keep me feeling healthy and I take more time for myself. My husband is really good about giving me time to myself when I need it <3

I really hope things look up for you and you start to feel better soon. The first thing to look at is how you see yourself. Rather than getting down on your self worth, look at all the great things you do. All the support and love that you provide. You make a difference in children's lives! That is an amazing thing.

Thank you for your kind words. I have PTSD and have not suffered from depression for a good couple of years now but I do suffer anxiety instead surrounding my kids. It is debilitating and takes over sometimes. I have meds in the back of my cupboard that I am to fearful to take and I'm making one last ditch effort to handle things naturally. It is so hard when it seems that each problem feeds another so getting on top of things at times seems almost impossible. Endo gives me chronic pain and as I get heavier I have low back pain and injure myself easily when exercising. I know I have it in me to change but having faith in myself and not fear is tough.

I am glad to hear of your success'. That is one of the reasons I posted this so I could be motivated and hear of others achievements, even when the odds are tough. I want to help myself, I want to be able to spend all of my waking moments thinking productively, not obsessing over weightloss and all the things I don't have versus how lucky I am to have all that I do have. Life is way to short and precious.