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Hello! I'm DJ, Below is my personal story about my mental and physical health, which has a great deal to do with the problems of the psyche, plus linking to work goals and life events such as retirement and divorce.
Problems cropped up with every challenge that I went through in life, and with every problem, ADHD was just sitting right beside me, altering my way of interaction with the world and my way of doing things. Continuous battling with attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity turned out to be an essential part of my daily life. The worst part for me, is that I wasn't formerly diagnosed until I was in my 40's.
Anxiety added to ADHD makes my path thorny, entangled in a web of worries that, at times, is just impossible. Depression weighs down heavily; every step is a load, taking much courage to come out and face those day-to-day fights inside and outside.
An important part of my story was where my journey with mental health and the complicated issues of addiction converged. The relationship of ADHD to addiction is a very complicated topic; it needs me to think deeply about how all these areas interconnect with each other. PTSD reminded one of silent voices of the past and further complicated my life story by insisting on strength, patience, and a promise to heal far greater than that which was visible on the surface.
On the physical side, I had problems that badly affected my ability to work as a car mechanic. Other struggles on my journey included knee problems, lower back issues which required surgery, hip problems, ankle problems, high blood pressure, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Eventually, these physical issues forced me to retire, another decision with its own emotional and mental health challenges. Retirement was a relief to the years of hard work but also made me feel like I'd lost something-and that something was me, what I did, and how often I did it. But once I began to cease vexing about the demands of an arduous job, retirement became for me an opportunity to heal. It gave me that space to refocus on my passions, such as web design and development, music, reading and writing.While at the same time, being able to invest in my education to provide a future that would be a lot more aligned with my mental and physical well-being.
The other influential chapter in my life was divorce. Much like retirement, it contained bad and good overtones. Feelings of sadness, marital failure, and uncertainty characterized the end of a marital union. The good that came from my divoce was being able to rekindle many relationships with family and friends, re-engage in hobbies I wasn't able to invest time to, establish a self-identity akin to who I am, rather than a person someone else wanted me to be.
These struggles made me face feelings that I had hidden and question my identity. First, it felt like a great defeat, but later I perceived this as an opportunity for self-discovery, finding out who I actually am. All this turned into a motive for growth when this divorce taught me the significance of setting boundaries, embracing my independence, and taking care of my mental health, physical health and financial health.
That wasn't easy, but it became necessary in the process of rebuilding my life my way and gave me strength.
These two major life events-retirement and divorce-were not only tests but also opportunities for introspection and change. They finally taught me that endings aren't failures but new starts, times when growth and strength can emerge. They eventually helped me to let go of the old stories and focus on building a life with honesty, balance, and self-care. It is during this period of tribulation that I sought and found tools and ways to make things clear to me even when things were in the dark. The Clever Fox Premium planner gave me a tool for organization and showed what to aim for. The Pomodoro Technique gave me a safe space to have planned breaks to work in focus, and when to rest. Therapeutic approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and medications like Clonidine, Adderall and Sertraline were really important for me in my way of finding stability and getting to know myself. They were not just treatments but rather keys which opened the door to a better and more balanced life. This is my completeness of the journey as I stand here today, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a specialization in Childhood Development, Life Stages, and Neurodevelopmental Psychology . This story is not a story about challenges but one that aims to prove growth in strength and power through embracing one's differences with open arms. Creating an avenue of understanding, assistance, and dissemination of knowledge.