Getting up

[Gellert]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to share this, but I am so proud and can't tell anyone...daughter who has suffered with anxiety and depression for years, 3 rounds of counselling and now started meditation too. Today she got out of bed cheerfully, without being supported and before 7am. I cannot remember the last time this happened! So proud and need to celebrate the small stuff on this journey with her

That sounds wonderful. Good on you for supporting her and helping her get through something that is really tough to deal with.

Thats great
As someone with anxiety I just want to say that recovery isn't a straight 'up' affair.
There will be good and there will be bad but the bad doesn't mean she's back at square one. Really getting better takes time.

( I'm not putting downer on I hope)

Really happy you've seen a move in the right direction. That's a great step forward.

So lovely to hear. Perhaps she has turned a corner. That is very hopeful and exciting news.

But keep in mind that relapses do happen with depression and anxiety. So be prepared to have the two steps forward, one step back discussion with her. Also if she can’t maintain it, to tell her that even if it’s getting up on own one day out of seven days that is still improvement. And that not to feel guilty if she can’t just go from zero to Ferrari overnight. Recovery can be a journey where being kind to yourself is paramount.

Thank you so much everyone, having lived this the last 10 years or so I have really learnt that some cliché's do make sense - celebrating the small stuff, it's a marathon not a sprint etc. We have had many, many relapses along the way so far so I know there's no magic wand, and all your comments have helped. She is finally understanding that the goal is not to be happy, but to just be less sad, properly understanding that has really helped her to take some pressure off herself, and you know what, we've had 2.5 good hours today now, that's amazing for her, and she knows that the mood won't last, but to embrace it while it's here and accept when it goes it's not gone for good. So proud of my girl!

Just realised my phone autocorrected medication to meditation It is meds she has recently started.

That's great.. it must be so cheering 😊