Lifting the weight of the world off my shoulders!

Last year I experienced a relapse in my anxiety and depression.

I have been going to the gym now at least twice a week for the past 6 months. I see a trainer. I don’t go to lose weight - I go for my sanity.

Last year I experienced a relapse in my anxiety and depression. In the midst of a super challenging work project where I was doing the work of 3 people, I eventually got to burnout after about 8 months. I had eczema on my eyes, I had done 6 weeks of ‘therapy’ to try and help me manage the stress,… but the issue wasn’t my ability to manage stress rather my inability to say ‘no!’ More on that another time… but I was miserable; crying on Sunday night dreading the week ahead, and spending every day and night feeling like i was failing terribly at everything I was doing. Our customer wasn’t happy, our senior management wasn’t happy, my boyfriend wasn’t happy… my team wasn’t happy… and I felt responsible for all this unhappiness.

When the eczema in my eyes was not improving, I decided that going to the gym might help with my anxiety. There is loads of research out there - and even studies where exercise has been shown to help anxiety and depression as much as medication. I visited a few different gyms in my area - and picked the one I felt most comfortable at. I was very honest when I went to see the gyms and explained that I wanted help with my anxiety. Alastair at Body Image advised that lifting weights could be helpful as it can help to feel grounded.

My ezcema has left the building!