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Does anyone else deal with depression and/or anxiety? How do you find the strength to workout/pole on the days where you just feel unmotivated and hopeless? I hope exercise is good for mood...but somedays, I have no energy and feel like everything I do is pointless.
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Hi there, i understand. I have terrible anxiety and have worked through post partum depression earlier this year. For me poling has been the thing to help me over my anxiety triggers. I have medication but Im never good at remembering to take it so its pointless. Its helped my self esteem and the more i do it the more motivated I am to be active with poling or other things. Im very scheduled with my days. On a schedule I can say this is my time for whatever, and thats when i pole. Even then yes somedays the motivation isnt there but Its been trial and error for years though and poling has been the most help for me in so many ways. Spiritually, mentally and physically
I used to be... After a close relationship ended and left me broken hearted, I fell into a depression. I didn't feel worthy, and I just felt empty inside. I would sleep most of my days away. It took me a year to find myself again. The thing that kept me going was that I wanted, change. Sadness never lasts forever. When you're feeling down spoil yourself. Bubble baths, longer shower, walks, relaxing, etc. If you want to pole play a soft melancholy piece of music. Walk around the pole, just walk, maybe do a few twirls or spins and then be done. You'll feel better knowing you did something rather than nothing. Reevaluate your dreams and goals, connect them back into your life and you will find more motivation, and purpose to move forward.
I have battled depression and anxiety my whole life (Like, I literally remember being 6-7 years old and self harming). Im 44 now and am having a really hard time with getting on top of my anxiety, depression as well as the medication and the associated weight gain... I've been so stuck 😕 I just reset my 30 Day Take Off and am trying very hard to move forward but the amount of self loathing I feel about my body and all the weight I have gained since my surgeries... I'm definitely finding it difficult some days just to get out of my pj's. Im online all the time (although Australian time zone) and am always happy to lend an ear because I really can empathise (I might as well use my insight for something good 👍) All I can say is baby steps, that's what I have to remind myself of all the time because it's so easy to only see the big picture and feel as if it's just hopeless, like I'll never get anywhere. So trying to take things back to the smallest components sometimes helps me to refocus on the here and now, which in turn helps me not feel so totally overwhelmed and frozen by the anxiety of it all. Sorry if I can't be of more help, but I am here and you're definitely not alone 💗💖💜 Sending you hugs from Oz 🙋👩❤️👩💞💌 Emma xox
