Let the Darkness Come

⚠️ Content warning: discussion of mental health and self-harm. I am not a psychiatrist or a psychologist. If you or someone you know shares the same struggles as I do, please reach out to a licensed professional. Seek help.

You may have noticed the lack of "The Sunday Currently" posts in the past 2 weeks, 3 weeks now since I started writing this draft, and I admit that it is my fault. My apologies. I wanted this to be a positive blog post, but I would be lying not only to myself but to you, too, if I told you that I am okay. I am not.

The past few months have been a struggle as I deal with my mental health. I haven't been at 100% lately, and I just feel so exhausted. Every waking hour feels like a chore, and I just feel so tired all the time. It started to affect my work, and my productivity at work is suffering too. There's also the news of a young TikTok influencer who recently passed due to mental illness, and people are saying she took her own life because she was bullied, which makes this even more difficult. I am not related to her, I don't even know her personally, but I relate to the some of the things she's been through, and as someone who's also suffering mentally, this kind of news can trigger a lot of things, and I have been trying my best to avoid any videos or articles about her and the circumstances of her death just to keep me sane. I really cannot put into words to describe how I have been feeling lately; it just feels so empty and heavy at the same time.

I am trying my best to keep things positive and doing everything I can to keep negative thoughts at bay, and I think I am doing a good job at it. But yeah, these past 3 weeks have been a real struggle, and it's already affecting my productivity and performance at work. Hopefully, I can bounce back and get back up to being 100% but for now, I am taking some time off to recover and recharge so that I can share more content here. But for now, please take good care of yourselves and be kind to anyone and everyone! 💖

This is not goodbye, this is see you later!