Hello, glorious people :) If you've been following along here for a bit now, you may have noticed that I've been pretty quiet lately. I always hear that you shouldn't mix business and personal life...but what happens when your personal life starts effecting your business? Maybe, a little, tiny merger is sometimes necessary? So, this is going to be my little, tiny bit of personal stuff that comes here. My name is Tash and I deal with depression, anxiety, PTSD and insomnia. Part of dealing with these aforementioned things, for me, is taking my meds. Taking meds has side effects - weight gain, lack of energy... to name a few. I have been on and off different meds for nearly a decade now, and while, yay, I don't feel the need to kill myself all the time, I also can't hold a 'normal' job, I have little to no energy, I am horribly anti-social, I eat as a hobby...life isn't super healthy this way and I would like to be better than this. Return to something that resembles my former slightly-more outgoing self. With the help and guidance of my doctor and counsellor, we have decided that I should slowly come off of my meds. This is a lengthy process as your body will become accustom to having them, every day, at a certain time. The result is that for the next while, I will be going through withdrawal. I hear it's different for everyone, but for me this includes basically being sick with some sort of flu, while experiencing massive mood swings (I don't generally cry about things...now I cry randomly for everything. lol), insomnia (yes, more), dizziness, and honestly, it feels like bees inside my head constantly buzzing and occasionally stinging. This is the road to a better me. It sucks, but it will get better. In the meantime, if I am off, extra weird, not as responsive excetera, this is why and I felt like an explanation was in order. I mean, also, if you have someone in your life going through this, be kind. Be patient. Manage your expectations. You wouldn't expect someone with a broken leg to just walk it off; this healing thing takes time, and believe me, we are just as impatient (or more) for it to pass as you are. <3 If you've made it this far, you rock. (at Sisters of the Hook) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByEHnbTh8WA/?igshid=pg0dszgqot84