Self Care and Mental Health

Asking yourself if you are OK is important, your mental health is a must...

So I touched on this in the last post, but I will be open right now. Since 2010 I have suffered from mild depression and anxiety, 2 things that I have battled with constantly, without my family and friends support I would of given up, the important thing is to ask yourself 'Am I OK', I have reached out to people at times when I have needed it, reassurance and confidence is a must too. If you see or hear someone close to you is struggling, try to be there for them, listen to them, help them, look out for them. It will make a difference to them and will mean a huge amount.

Continuing with where I left off, I didn't feel that great when I got home, and my mother wasn't feeling to good either. One morning I woke up with no taste sensation and I went on the NHS app to put my symptoms in... You guessed it 10 days isolated and get a test asap, I got one booked that morning and headed to location. Did the necessary and headed home to isolate and wait for the results. I waited and waited and still nothing, I couldn't return to work until I knew what was going on.

Eventually after nearly 3 weeks I got my results... Negative... relief yes.. but my anxiety was not great... so I took time off til I was ready.

My mother got the notification to say she could get the jab so we booked it and waited for the day, I was on booked leave so I could go with her to the vaccination centre. She had the jab and we went home.

Next day she was unwell, and I decided to look after her, I put her first, and made sure she was ok, a few days passed and she felt better.

This did impact on my times to be Tammy, but I knew it would be for the best, her moment would be just around the corner...

Tammy xxx


Patience is a virtue right, make the most of the moment 

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