Thank you so much for posting this! I really appreciate it when EAs talk about their mental health and emotional wellbeing struggles. What we are doing is super intense and a lot of us go through stuff like this. I missed most of my Sunday conference plans because of my mental health, and I think this was a good decision since I organized one of the afterparties and I wouldn’t have made it through that if I hadn’t rested. I’ve been pretty tired this whole week.
I’ve had lots of situations where, like you, I felt bad enough that I needed to cancel my plans, but, because I felt so emotionally distressed, cancelling those plans felt like the worst thing in the world. Over the years I’ve become better at realising that lots of the time, missing things is either completely fine, or (at most) an inconvenience to others.
Take care of yourself and get lots of rest! I hope you feel better soon.
Thank you so much for posting this! I really appreciate it when EAs talk about their mental health and emotional wellbeing struggles. What we are doing is super intense and a lot of us go through stuff like this. I missed most of my Sunday conference plans because of my mental health, and I think this was a good decision since I organized one of the afterparties and I wouldn’t have made it through that if I hadn’t rested. I’ve been pretty tired this whole week.
I’ve had lots of situations where, like you, I felt bad enough that I needed to cancel my plans, but, because I felt so emotionally distressed, cancelling those plans felt like the worst thing in the world. Over the years I’ve become better at realising that lots of the time, missing things is either completely fine, or (at most) an inconvenience to others.
Take care of yourself and get lots of rest! I hope you feel better soon.