BEEN SLAPPED?

So what's a girl to do when she finds herself being slapped across the face with a 7 d/a level? Have a "Go To" plan. Here's mine:

Sit down with Kday 

and use his fully functioning brain to help me decipher between normal thoughts and irrational thoughts. ie. "I have to get all the bills paid and go to the bank and make sure nothing is wrong with my account and I need to clean the entire house tonight and go grocery shopping before I take a day off to ski" Kday walks me through the reality that tomorrow is a holiday. The banks are closed. We have plenty of food and the mess will be available to clean first thing Tuesday morning. 

Come up with a mantra 

or affirmation to use when the anxiety starts making my chest pound and when my thoughts start spiraling:
"I am OK. I can do (enter whatever tasks that's nagging you) one step at a time. I will get through today. Breathe."

SELF CARE!!!!!

Take a day off work.... no guilt
Clear the planner and just take care of my own needs
Take a bath each night and try to focus on relaxing
Go outside for a minimum of 20 minutes every day

Make a simple list 

for each day of what is absolutely necessity and cross off the tasks when done. And NO- laundry, cleaning, church callings, etc are not necessity. Eating, bathing, loving Layla and self care ARE.

Sometimes it's OK to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders and feel like super-woman. Other times it's OK to use all expendable energy to attend to our very basic needs. Those needs being met are the only way to step down the ladder from a 10 to a 1 on the scale of depression and anxiety. Then and only then are we able to start adding extra responsibilities back onto our plates. If we can't meet our basic needs... we can't be expected to meet the needs of others. So LOVE yourself and NURTURE your soul and allow yourself some time -- and you'll return to the super hero that you are!