Have you experienced your lowest point in life? If so, how did you manage to bounce back from it?

[Saiesh30]

I'm pretty sure I'm at the lowest in my life right now and I don't see any way out of it yet.
This is something which everyone goes through in their lives in my opinion.
Have you been through something like that when you just don't see any way out of it? And how'd you make it back?

[MissStrawberry912]

I think we all have those. I guess I had 2-3 times in my life. This year was my lowest in all areas you can think of, but it’s not about what I’m not doing… it’s because I’m doing too much with everything. So I needed to take a step back, made a few changes to finally breathe & be at peace with myself, learning to be gentle with myself, changing my high expectation I set for myself, focus on the positives and what I’m grateful of, learning to let go and be present where I’m at, trying to focus on my well-being and saying “no” at times, rediscovering myself, reminding myself it’s okay to be in pain and it will pass, learning to embrace it’s okay to sit with the unknown and explore what that looks like building a new path, and resetting new priorities.

[Saiesh30]

That definitely explains it all for many of us. How it's important to be grateful for and accept reality even if it's not what we want.

[MissStrawberry912]

Do it at your pace and just remember it’s okay to get support with people you trust. Tomorrow is a new day, you can make changes with what you can control and accept what you can’t control.

[Saiesh30]

True. Appreciate the response 🙂

[petitedollbabee]

Absolutely hitting rock bottom finally snapped me out of it. I spent 2-3 years trying to take my own life on a monthly basis and harming myself every other day. With my final attempt, I ended up in hospital receiving stitches and a blood transfusion, and I don’t know how but I finally snapped out of it. I became aware of how badly I was effecting my loved ones, and the emotional toll that I was taking on everyone. Something just clicked in my mind, making me want to get my sh*t together. So I started focusing on therapy more, prioritising my own well-being, getting out and trying new things, finding things that make me feel okay. And I’ve somehow managed to stay afloat since then, with the help of an amazing therapist.

[petitedollbabee]

Don’t get me wrong, I still have ROUGH weeks here and there, but I’ll never let myself sink down that low again if there’s any way to avoid it.

[Saiesh30]

I'm glad to hear that and praise how a fighter you are. Really happy you got out of that stage.

[Nikki1989]

Being made homeless at 12 is about as low as you can go, but I bounced back. By the age of 16, I had a full time job, apartment, car etc.

[Saiesh30]

Wow!!! That's seriously amazing. I can't expect myself to be that aware when I was 15-16. 👍🏻

[Nikki1989]

Well, you either sink or swim at the end of the day.

[Saiesh30]

Well said.