It's okay not to be okay.

It's okay not to be okay. Listen to this little reminder.

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Transcript

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Welcome to the me myself and you podcast.

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My name is Sara and I'm your host and I'm really glad to have you here today.

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I hope this episode finds you.

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Well, I know this is definitely a crazy time and as I'm recording this I do not know the results of the election I my record in advance,

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but I realized that we are at this is going up.

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This is right at the end and I'm sure that people are definitely having a lot of emotions about everything regardless of the outcome.

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With this and the pandemic and everything.

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It's been a really tough year for everybody.

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It's just been I don't like it's been what anybody is expected.

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So I guess I just wanted to remind you all to realize that it's okay not to be.

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Okay.

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This is something that I definitely struggle with at times is being okay with not feeling okay.

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I tend to work myself up because I feel anxious I get more anxious about the fact that I'm anxious because I feel like it's not okay for

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me to be anxious which is just a vicious cycle and that doesn't work very well.

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But I think that it's important to know that when you're having those tough days and you're not feeling okay that it's okay to be there.

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It's okay not to feel okay.

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I'm going to say that a million and one times and it's going to drive you insane, but bear with me it's okay to feel those.

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Things because you will get past it.

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So you have to remember when you're in those tough spots where you don't feel.

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Okay?

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It's important to feel okay with that because you will get past it and you will eventually feel okay again, you'll feel good again, even

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that's just such an important piece to keep in mind and I think can really help you even get past that little hump of not feeling good and

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feeling anxious or feeling depressed.

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Sometimes that's not a guarantee by extraterrestrials.

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Any means but it's just something to keep in mind and it's everybody has those really bad days.

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Everybody feels sad or anxious or depressed at times maybe not everybody but a lot of people at least not to the extremes that some of us

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feel but it's still there.

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So that being said, I want to remind you all that it's okay.

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It really is okay for you to feel that way.

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It's not something to be ashamed of it's not something to be scared of.

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I don't know if that's quite the right wording.

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I because I definitely can understand feeling scared of being anxious or feeling scared of feeling depressed because I have a hundred

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percent been there.

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But I think my point is that you don't have to be because other people experience it and you will get past it.

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You can make it through.

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I promise.

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I think it's important to realize that you can make it through with healthy coping skills talking to doctors if you need to receive Seek

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out Medical Care therapist.

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There's so many options things to try.

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I hope you were doing okay.

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If you need to chat, please feel free to reach out to me via Instagram.

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I'm on there the most often and always happy to respond to DM's.

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Definitely if you're having a hard time check out the episode on Surviving bad mental health days or the blogpost those both exist.

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I think that has always been really helpful for people during these tough periods of time.

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Really interesting.

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I see spikes in that episode.

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Sorry, not that episode that blog around tough World periods that make sense.

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So actually on 9/11 for one and then as well as when this pandemic started I saw a spike in page views on that blog.

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I don't know people seem to find it helpful.

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So definitely check that out.

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If you're having a tough time right now reach out to me if you need to happy to talk.

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I think that is all I hope this episode is at least somewhat helpful or maybe even just encouraging or helps you feel a little less alone.

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I don't know whatever it might be.

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Find me on Instagram follow subscribe all of those good things share this with a friend if it resonates with you, and that is all so I

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will talk at you again soon.