As I mentioned last week, I have been attending a recreational therapy program called THRIVE. It is aimed towards people with depression and/or anxiety and helping them cope with life. One of the main purposes of THRIVE is creating goals and seeing them through. We meet in accountability groups at the end of each session to see how we're doing with our goals.
Since I started attending THRIVE, I have noticed that I have become much more motivated and happier. My younger brother said he noticed the same thing. Since beginning THRIVE, I have been going to the gym, I changed up my eating habits, started meeting with a wellness coach, and started truly enjoying life. I still get anxious and depressed, but I now have a better grip on reality.
One week at THRIVE, we talked about finding our flow. Flow is experienced when you are doing something you absolutely enjoy and that seems to come naturally for you. Time seems to slow down and nothing else matters. I experience flow the most when I'm brainstorming photo ideas and executing those ideas. Photography is my thing. Time slows down and nothing but my ideas and photos matters. Flow is when we are feeling the most at ease.
I am truly grateful for the THRIVE program and all that I have learned there. I was beginning to think that a change in medication or dosage was the only thing to get me out of the funk I was in. But I can attest that therapy, along with medication, is the best way to get back into the groove of things.
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