on the other side

[inflectionpoint]

Parties are fun.

Seeing people is fun.

Visiting with friends is fun.

I just worry. I feel like time I'm not putting into Get Out Of There is time I am dooming myself to being there even longer.

I don't know how to balance this.

Comments

[feyandstrange]

Fun = mental health necessity and keeps you going on Must Do stuff.

[ranunculus]

Agreed.

If you never let yourself relax the whole thing just gets messier.

Working in a quiet peaceful place (like my garden work), also helps me ground negative work situations.

Practicing breaking negative thought patterns helps, and very much helps in your kind of situation, but it, in itself is hard work.