Mental Health Roundup Part 1: Anxiety and Sertraline

It strikes me as interesting that mental health is the phrase used in blog posts that are so often written by people who are not healthy — from a mental perspective.

I guess, there isn’t really another way to say it…but there it is.

I have mental health problems.

It’s something that I’ve been pretty aware of, off and on, for most of my life, I think, but was only diagnosed with around 6 years ago, just after the birth of my second kid.

That diagnosis was Generalized Anxiety Disorder. And this was one of those aha moments in my life. I don’t feel like I’ve actually had too many aha moments but this was definitely one of them.

When I looked back on my life and completed the questionnaires, it just made so much sense. There were elements of social anxiety but the generalized anxiety was the one that fit.

It got worse, just after college (that’s when everyone’s psyche sort of starts to fall apart. I think that’s why so many people go to college for the rest of their lives if they can manage it).