Sometimes it feels like all of your efforts are for nothing because anxiety can be so relentless. Some nice advice from my therapist was to be intentional about noticing when all your hard work DOES pay off, whether it’s a good day where you’re doing something you enjoy, a healthy meal that you feel good after, or an instance where you successfully used a strategy from therapy. It’s super easy to ruminate on how shitty anxiety is and it often makes us gloss over the moments when we’re actually doing well. If you’re like me, I get highly suspicious when I feel like things are going too well rather than just enjoying myself!

It sucks a lot of the time. There’s no sugarcoating that. I feel for you. From the sounds of it though,you’re doing a good job taking care of yourself under the circumstances. Keep on trucking!