Now that I've acknowledged that I'm actually not ok, I feel better

This is a very vulnerable post and I'm sharing because although It's hard for me to share this as its raw, I lead by example and every day I'm showing women how step into their power and embrace their vulnerability so here I am embracing mine
I'm real, I have rode the ups and downs of these times but I have struggles too and on the one hand I'm absolutely rocking it , amazing mum, teacher and housewife by day, feeling on fire in my business by night, working out most days, in a loving relationship and I have been having a lot of fun too. But last night I acknowledged that I am affected by this time more than I realised and it was a bit of a shock to be honest
A few years ago, I was having one of the most stressful times of my life at work and was trying to pretend I was ok but I was really struggling and I started to scratch my head, scratched it so much that I made it bleed, I would do this over and over again without even thinking until my whole head was full of scabs.. i know, not nice at all
I acknowledged last night that I have been doing it again, I've known for a few weeks but never gave it space to acknowledge it and suppose I didn't really want to admit this to myself because I really have been feeling ok
But that's the thing, sometimes you are consciously but there is more going on inside and it shows up in other ways
I sat down with Mark, I cried my eyes out, I showed him what I had done to myself, I said I didn't really know why but I know the last time I did this, I wasn't in a great place
I went on to explain when I scratch my head, it releases tension that I am feeling and makes my head tingle and it's like a huge release and my head tingles for ages... it's like it sets me into this feeling of freedom, an aliveness until the tension builds up and I do it again
Now I've acknowledged that I'm actually not ok, I feel better
And although, I know I can absolutely do the work on it, I have no idea what it's all about not truly but what I do know is this aliveness and release I feel when I do it is something I am really missing in my day to day, I am having pockets of time but compared to the wonderful life that I have created for my family, no where near and I miss that
I know I'm finding it really hard seeing my beautiful family struggle too, I feel everything, Emily misses her friends and her school life and she has had enough and I desperately want to help her, we've scrapped the daily routines and going with the flow but she wants more, we all do
So here I am declaring yes I'm struggling in my own way too
I've recognised my stress response and now I've acknowledged it, I am going to sit with it, write about it, do the energy work and start the journey back to healing that part of myself and the first step was telling you so thank you for listening
Sending love to anyone else that is finding it tough, holding you all tight, we've got this and this time really isn't easy so if you are finding it tough, reach out too
Picture is a beautiful bunch of flowers Emily made me this morning along with the words - it's ok if you cry mummy, you are everything to me xx









