Being that I'm back on the medical floors again, I'm going to be exposed to an environment that's pretty much among the most annoying / stressful one to which I'll be exposed for the rest of the year. At the very least, it's the one I like least. This I've made clear on numerous occasions, so I won't ramble on about it.
This does, however, provide me an opportunity to exercise my calmness and mindfulness. This is where it truly matters.
Already I've been exposed to a bit of stress, but I feel that I'm remained on the calmer, collected side thus far. I may be viewing my situation through rose-colored glasses, knowing that I have only 10 days of floors remaining, hence I'm able to manage my stress level more effectively.
Not perfectly, however. I am more nervous at the moment than usual. It always happens when I'm on floors, but fortunately this time it took a bit longer to creep up on me than prior times.
Fortunately, since I just finished taking antibiotics for a prostate issue, I'm going to be resuming the supplement I take for depression. I gave it an extra day because I want to ensure that the antibiotic is filtered out of my system before interfering with it by resuming this supplement. First thing tomorrow morning, I'll be taking a slightly lower dose than I previously used.
Now, I don't want this problem to be something I solve just through pills. That's not a recipe for success. Self-action is going to be important here. It's going to be more important than ever for me to meditate during the course of these couple of weeks. This is the time when it's going to build me up the most.
So, as soon as I'm finished with my few Hive activities, I'm going to be logging off and doing a meditation session, doing a bit of additional exercise, eating, and going to sleep. Sleep is another key factor here - without it, I'm not going to have any proper chance of maintaining good mental health.
Hopefully I'll do better in terms of sleep than I have in the past. It's been a weak point for me, and one which I'm certain contributed to the worst of my depressive episodes.
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