Hey Mr K, okay, I hadn't seen you mention depression before, anxiety but not the other.
Sure of course there's no real surprises there, I would never suggest "another pill" would change things.
I'm not into meds at all.
I've been diagnosed with Complex PTSD and depression but meds aren't the answer for me.
Healing my psyche and adapting my life have been answers. (the ex from here was "diagnosed" by Police as being a psychopathic narcissist - but I'm moving on from talking too much about that).
Tbh I think you're managing the many changes and the very difficult time you had and are still having with the ex, very well!
It's a journey of recovery that you're on.
There is no simple fix or we'd ALL be doing it!
I think you're being hard on yourself about where your headspace should be now.
Shoulding on ourselves sounds just like it is when we say it out loud.
4 things that helped most are:
~ gratitude - there's a thread on here we can list 3 things we're thankful for every day
~ self-care - thread for this too!
~ reminding myself I actually do have choices
~ ongoing Counselling.
These are not a one off thing. Making them HABITS is key.
EM
