Life Felt Heavy - Introduction
April 6, 2020 & May 19, 2020. I do not think I will forget either one of those days. April 6, 2020 sent my world into a spiral when my mom left my dad and began the process of divorce. I had moved back home in December 2019 after spending a year and a half in Tallahassee attending FSU. My grades were slipping, I slept a lot, and I really had no motivation to do my schoolwork. Life felt heavy. I moved home to get a breath of fresh air, and I thought that being around my family would benefit me. It did, until April 6th. When I moved home I had planned on seeing a therapist because my anxiety had started to get out of control. I really didn't take my search for a therapist seriously until my mom dropped that bombshell. April 7th I started my search and made an appointment to talk with a therapist. I cried through my entire first appointment because it felt like my whole world was falling apart around me. I wanted to try a therapist-only-no-medication route first bec...