I can relate, my friend! I'm returning from a 2-month sabbatical from mental health advocacy work myself due to burnout from over-extending myself. I similarly took a while to get over my aversion to medication, and found that therapy + medication + lifestyle changes has been the recipe to help me through particularly tough periods. Please continue to rest and care for yourself. We can only lift others up after we have first taken care of ourselves.
Thank you for sharing this and pointing me in this direction. the more we all open up and speak about this, the more people will realise they're not alone. x
I can relate, my friend! I'm returning from a 2-month sabbatical from mental health advocacy work myself due to burnout from over-extending myself. I similarly took a while to get over my aversion to medication, and found that therapy + medication + lifestyle changes has been the recipe to help me through particularly tough periods. Please continue to rest and care for yourself. We can only lift others up after we have first taken care of ourselves.
Thank you so much for these kind words, Andy. ❤️
For those who see this comment, relate to its content, and are not aware of how I "met" Andy, please check out Lenny's recent podcast with Andy:
https://www.lennyspodcast.com/when-enough-is-enough-andy-johns-ex-fb-twitter-quora/
Thank you for sharing this and pointing me in this direction. the more we all open up and speak about this, the more people will realise they're not alone. x
I really resonated with this, after struggling with something very similar. Thank you so much for sharing.
Makes me really happy to read this. I hope you found good tools and are in a better place, Rory!