I get it.
Everyone's been posting about what they are thankful for this month, and asking others to contribute.
For a LOT of us, that's REALLY hard right now.
You're not alone.
My year has consisted of:
Going on our honeymoon, yay!
Losing my 2 paying jobs to COVID
Losing my passion/industry/occasionally paying job to COVID... and a lot of it might not come back
Not seeing my parents for more than a year
Not seeing most of my friends at all, even during times of tragedy
Losing a much-wanted pregnancy
Struggling to get mental health care after said miscarriage
Once I got into therapy, getting to the fun part of healing from my neglectful/emotionally abusive mother
Plus, *gestures broadly at the world*
Oh, AND my FIL and several of our friends have had COVID, so we're quite worried about them
Yeah, I don't have much to be thankful for this year. And I won't lie about it, or put false positivity on it. It's been a super rough year (not yet my worst, but I'm gonna white-knuckle December, honestly).
So, I'm here to tell you: it's ok. It's ok to be angry, or sad, or just surviving. I'm no longer in a really dark place, but that doesn't mean I am ready to turn around and be joyful or bouncy. Mostly, I'm deriving happiness from things like GBBO and Star Trek: Discovery.
We're going to be bombarded with messaging about the season, and happiness, and all that kind of stuff, so feel free to come into this thread and vent.
You're not alone.
