Today I want to talk about mental prisons. Now I don’t know if there is a “right” way to talk about the topic of mental health but to put it simply – I have anxiety and depression.

I’ve dealt with this most of my adult life but didn’t quite know how to explain it to people. It wasn’t until I experienced this rock bottom feeling that I knew I had to seek external help. I’ve been going to therapy for the past year and a half or so and while I can say it helps, there is still a lot of work to go. I don’t think that you’re ever really “done” with therapy (trust me, I had a lot of frustration when I realized this). You see, the way my personality works is that if I start something, I have to finish it. There has to be a goal. An ending. A finish line. Needless to say, this is still something I struggle with.

I don’t deal with bouts of depression on a daily basis. Sometimes I can go for months without any issues. I’ve noticed that anxiety and depression go hand in hand. So if I’ve been experiencing high levels of stress at work, then it typically triggers an onslaught of emotions.

Recently I’ve noticed that I’m not able to quiet my mind and it just feels like my mind keeps talking to me nonstop. It feels like I’m drowning in thoughts and I’m just patching up leaks as they happen. There are moments where I’ll randomly think about a conversation that happened earlier and I’ll obsess over what I didn’t say.

Do any of you ever find the same thing happening to you? Any tips on how to work through it?