One of my first signs that I’m falling into a funk is that I socially withdraw. What has helped me a lot is signing up for regularly occurring social events (like sports leagues) where I’ve already committed to them in advance and other people are depending on me to show up (the latter helps a lot when I’m finding it hard to show up for myself)
I needed to hear this! I went through a bit of a funk earlier today.. A person said “no” for a project I’m working on .. and even though I KNOW it was perfectly reasonable .. and I know it wasn’t personal .. I still couldn’t help but feel really awful afterwards. Fortunately, with the passage of time I feel better now .. but you’re right .. even talking to somebody about it (when I was in that state) was really really hard (much harder than it would normally be).
Been saving this read for the next time I felt off. It was worth the wait. I feel so empowered by your words and you gift autonomy to your audience with your guided introspection! There’s more here than I originally expected from the title, will definitely reference this a lot. Thank you!
It's honestly shocking how in sync this blog is with my life. The past four posts (including this one) all encapsulate feelings I've been having but unable to totally externalize into words at exactly the right moments. They feel like personal letters for me.
I am currently in a funk too. Due to some external circumstances, negative thoughts slowly creeped in and infested every sector of my life. Even simple things such as waking up became more difficult. When there were hard things I needed to do, the thoughts would say "why try when you have such a high chance of failure". I classified what I was feeling as "imposter syndrome" or "burnout" (which are true to some degree). I tried binging shows to recover from the supposed burnout, but it was probably an excuse to avoid facing my feelings. Getting out of this funk won't be a split second decision either. It'll be a gradual shift of making slightly better decisions. This post slapped me awake. Don't normalize this yucky state.
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One of my first signs that I’m falling into a funk is that I socially withdraw. What has helped me a lot is signing up for regularly occurring social events (like sports leagues) where I’ve already committed to them in advance and other people are depending on me to show up (the latter helps a lot when I’m finding it hard to show up for myself)
I needed to hear this! I went through a bit of a funk earlier today.. A person said “no” for a project I’m working on .. and even though I KNOW it was perfectly reasonable .. and I know it wasn’t personal .. I still couldn’t help but feel really awful afterwards. Fortunately, with the passage of time I feel better now .. but you’re right .. even talking to somebody about it (when I was in that state) was really really hard (much harder than it would normally be).
Thanks for sharing Isabel!
Needed to see this today. Thank you
Been saving this read for the next time I felt off. It was worth the wait. I feel so empowered by your words and you gift autonomy to your audience with your guided introspection! There’s more here than I originally expected from the title, will definitely reference this a lot. Thank you!
“When you have the humility to feel what you are feeling..”
Brilliant.
It's honestly shocking how in sync this blog is with my life. The past four posts (including this one) all encapsulate feelings I've been having but unable to totally externalize into words at exactly the right moments. They feel like personal letters for me.
I am currently in a funk too. Due to some external circumstances, negative thoughts slowly creeped in and infested every sector of my life. Even simple things such as waking up became more difficult. When there were hard things I needed to do, the thoughts would say "why try when you have such a high chance of failure". I classified what I was feeling as "imposter syndrome" or "burnout" (which are true to some degree). I tried binging shows to recover from the supposed burnout, but it was probably an excuse to avoid facing my feelings. Getting out of this funk won't be a split second decision either. It'll be a gradual shift of making slightly better decisions. This post slapped me awake. Don't normalize this yucky state.
Continue writing! Love getting Substack notifications about Mind Mine :)