We constantly face different changes in life, and it is easier to go through them when you have a plan that works. Of course, I learned this the hard way. I didn’t realize how important it was to take care of myself right after a big change in my life happened, until I got very sick.
After my love died, I started having insomnia. I was waking up very early every day, around three in the morning, and I couldn’t go back to sleep. I didn’t realize how serious it was, and I didn’t do anything. After a couple of months the lack of sleep started affecting me. I was feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and really, really stress out. The stress reached very high levels to the point that caused me mayor depression, I couldn’t function.
Mayor depression affects your sleep, your mood, your decision making, your concentration, pretty much everything. My therapist emphasized that by keeping a journal and writing down all my activities and steps to accomplish my everyday goals, I would be able to improve my concentration. He also warned me that it was extremely important to prevent the stress from escalating again and that I had to decrease it by taking a warm bath tub, meditating, writing down all the things that were making me worry, stress out, etc. And that’s exactly what I did. It took me more than a year and a half to fully recover. So, it is always better to prevent it than to try to cure it. The first step is to start exercising to control the insomnia and all the negative symptoms that come with it. Ask your doctor before you start any exercise.
After my love died, I started having insomnia. I was waking up very early every day, around three in the morning, and I couldn’t go back to sleep. I didn’t realize how serious it was, and I didn’t do anything. After a couple of months the lack of sleep started affecting me. I was feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and really, really stress out. The stress reached very high levels to the point that caused me mayor depression, I couldn’t function.
Mayor depression affects your sleep, your mood, your decision making, your concentration, pretty much everything. My therapist emphasized that by keeping a journal and writing down all my activities and steps to accomplish my everyday goals, I would be able to improve my concentration. He also warned me that it was extremely important to prevent the stress from escalating again and that I had to decrease it by taking a warm bath tub, meditating, writing down all the things that were making me worry, stress out, etc. And that’s exactly what I did. It took me more than a year and a half to fully recover. So, it is always better to prevent it than to try to cure it. The first step is to start exercising to control the insomnia and all the negative symptoms that come with it. Ask your doctor before you start any exercise.