The Wiccan Christian

The world is getting tougher and tougher to live in. Trying to keep up with all the drama going on with politics; republicans/democrats, woke, war, climate changes, etc. People are constantly putting on different hats depending on what the nature of their day consists of.

For example: I am a mother and grandmother and mother-in-law. I’m an employee, renter and friend. I am many things, and put on whatever hat is suitable for the moment and situation.

Before I go to work I have to mentally prepare. In this case I put on my work hat. As this is my main focus of the day.

When I spend time with my grandkids I mentally prepare and put on my grandma hat.

When I get back home from whatever I’ve done for the day I can finally take off whatever hat I’m wearing and just be me. Cindy. My authentic self.

I feel like being in the world is about how well you can perform. The expectations out there are big and expansive. Many expectations are placed on people to perform a certain way. And that determines your value.

I watch an awful lot of political things. Mostly about what Trump is up to. I think about all the different hats he has to wear on any given day.

When he meets with other world leaders he puts on another hat. The hat that depicts strength.

When Trump is dealing with the United States issues, he, again, puts on a different hat in order to deal with the issues in the US.

When I refer to hats, I’m really referring to a total change in personality and how to effectively relate with whoever or whatever you’re dealing with at that time.

Why do you think it’s so vitally important for people to have some time after work to just breathe. Unwind. Relax. They need time to decompress and switch hats. They are home now, maybe as a husband and/or father. They need time to decompress from work, take that hat off, and put on their dad hat and their spouse hat.

The world is constantly moving, nobody has time to just breathe, unless they make an effort to make time for themselves, which I feel is vitally important to lessen burnout in people.

I know from experience how easily a person can burn themselves out doing too much and not taking time for themselves.

I became a mother at a young age. I also believe I became a wife too young. I became employed at a very good job right after college. I then became a full time foster parent for troubled teenagers at the same time I was working full time, being a wife and being a mom. I was super woman. Until the rug got pulled out from under me and I was diagnosed with bipolar depression. My world I had worked so hard on fell apart.

I truly believe I was burning my candle on both ends, not taking any time for myself, and my body/mind rejected it. All the stress I was living with finally caused my disorder to come to the surface.

Stress causes psychological problems and disease. It’s a proven fact, that if you are predisposed to having a mental health condition it will show up under prolonged stress. And once it shows up it doesn’t just magically disappear.

That’s been my experience. Now, because of my mental health condition I am only capable of working part time. Even that can cause mental health symptoms at times. I do my best, and that’s all I can do.

I’ll end right here. Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a great day.