Why does everything seem impossible

But the truth of it is, nobody knows all the time. Even if it seems impossible. Especially if it feels like it is. You have to, though, if only to prove yourself wrong. If only to see what you have in you. But like all things, success often comes slowly at first. So you take baby steps. My mother would always get out of bed eventually, if even just for her kids. Even for an hour. Even for five minutes.

You see, you have to be stubborn. To feel this way is such a human experience. I want you to feel comforted and I want to tell you that things will get better and you can handle it. Or harder before they get better. I want so badly to be able to say to you, it will be okay. And perhaps it will be. And sometimes they look like Zoloft, Netflix binges, and popcorn for dinner every night of the week. Sometimes emotional support looks like turning towards your best friends and booking an extra session with your therapist.

And sometimes it looks like Googling all night and finding blog posts and forum threads from strangers who have gone through something similar. Leaving you less alone.

Sometimes it just looks like going to sleep. Letting yourself have ten solid hours of sleep where you can get a break from reality. Sometimes it looks like Marco Poloing your best girlfriends twice.

Three times. Four times in one day. Just to hear their voices. Just to see their faces and to feel okay. Try to remember you have a history of surviving tough times and let this be a sliver of consolation about the current tough time you find yourself in.

When life feels impossible, the last thing you want to do is beat yourself up for not coping with it better. Let whatever comforts you right now be okay and keep putting one foot in front of the other until your tough time is a ghost of a memory. When life feels impossible, bookmark this post, come back to it when you need a digital proverbial permission slip to take care of yourself, and then keep taking things five minutes at a time.

Seek out the helpers that resonate with you, take the pieces of advice that work and leave the rest, trust the process and imagine that this will pass. I have no one to talk about it. Thank you so much for your help!!

Hey Annie, you have no idea how much I needed this at this time. Getting help might be its own Impossible Task. If so, consider it one, recognize your negative thoughts, and see what you can do about it. Focus on finding parts of the task that you can do, and not beating yourself up. There are, most likely, people in your life who want to help you. Reaching out for help can be its own Impossible Task. Check in on your friends who might be struggling, and ask them what their Impossible Tasks are.

Molly Backes writes that a friend once drove her two blocks and walked into the pharmacy with her to pick up a prescription. Perhaps you can provide that gift for someone in your life.

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