Why is it so hard to do something when you know you have to do it?
This art project is DUE in 3 weeks. No excuses, it needs to be done. And yet, knowing that only makes me avoid it all the more fervently. Whereas if I had no deadlines, I might just wake up one morning and want to draw! Because I like drawing!
On the other hand, I’ve been on a break from ‘mandatory’ drawing for almost two months now, and in that time, I don’t think I picked up a pencil once. So maybe it’s not just the deadline that keeps me away. Maybe it’s that seeing friends and family outweighs it. Or that my struggle with this candida/h.pylori crap is all-consuming, and that it’s having negative effects on my anxiety levels on a day-to-day basis.
Makes me wonder how much of my high-anxiety during my senior thesis could have been prevented if I’d been healthy. People don’t realize how much anxiety and depression are tied to digestive issues. It’s been absolutely mind-blowing, observing how my emotions have been thrown all out of whack from this treatment process…
I’m used to having a pretty firm hold on my emotions, and approaching problems rationally before freaking out. But in the past few months, I am having so many more breakdowns than I’m used to, and it’s so weird to me. While one is happening, I’ll sit back and think to myself, “why am I reacting like this? I don’t usually react like this! this is such a silly thing to be crying about!”
But it’s true. When your gut is out of balance, it’s like a 24/7 PMS. One moment you’re fine, the next your boyfriend is asking you what’s wrong and you’re saying “I honestly don’t know” while barely restraining tears, and then you’re running out to the parking lot to sit in the fetal position and cry for 20 minutes, and then you’re so exhausted from emotional upheaval that you fall asleep right there on the pavement, no questions asked, and sleep for an hour, waking up with gravel prints on your face.
For anyone going through crazy mood swings like this, don’t jump to conclusions and think that you have a psychological issue. It’s possible that your body is behaving totally normally and responding to a more serious physical issue, like bacterial overgrowth. Look at your nutrition: are you eating right? Are you exercising?
Because when it comes right down to it, what are we other than the food we eat? Think about it. Every cell in your body grows only because of the nutrients you supply it, water, food, air, sunlight. Without those things we die. We are nature’s parasites, and our brains are powered by the same things our bodies are.
So instead of beating our intestines repeatedly with a glutinous, processed, carcinogenic stick, maybe it’s a good idea to focus on eating the things that help us heal.