Remember all of the posts you've been reading? Dump all of that now. Well, it's in the recesses of your memory, and that's a good place for it to stay right now. Why? Because you woke up today and still detected the same old feelings encroaching on your day and trying to relegate you to a dark bedroom in fetal position.
This morning we begin a new phase of dealing with PPD. It's the active phase (and yes, there are many parallels to being in labor in my discussion of PPD). Just as the midwives recommend staying active when labor picks up, I do to. Forget the talk about PPD. Forget that you're thinking about it on this blog. We are turning the page and looking at a fresh sheet in the scrapbook. Let's make it pretty!
So, what is it you like to do? Garden? Knit? Cook? Decorate? Stock up on things that help you focus on the things that give you joy and make you the creative and unique person you are. Go to the library and check out a stack of books on aquarium keeping, fitness, nutrition, or whatever it is that will fill your mind with positive and forward-looking thoughts. I have planted a total of two tomato plants and three bean plants in my entire life. But I am crazy about gardening! We have to leave the state for two months out of every summer, so I have yet to actually put into practice what I've been dreaming of. That said, there is something so edifying about sketching garden plans in a notebook with a stack of beautiful gardening books next to me. It makes me happy just to think that they wait for me the next time my kids are asleep. And that is what we are looking for. Find your thing, get that new yarn or fabric. Buy that new book on the current political situation of our country. Get your mind working and your talents flowing. Call it distraction, call it pushing past. Whatever, it's good.
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