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Long Covid Ate Up My Life.
Submitted by: Bea Freeman
LondonI’m 53, with two children, a patient husband, two cats and one dog. I’m currently unemployed and working super-hard to counteract negativity around my job hunt. I’m certain that the next exciting post is in my grasp.
I had a dreamy life. The job I wanted and loved had led to a recent promotion. But then two things happened to collide and I found myself free falling. First I got Covid 19 which was mild but it was followed by Long Haul Covid which ate my energy and replaced a sometime marathon runner with someone who could barely get through the day.
Then, after my promotion, I received a complaint about my snappiness at work. I knew that this was true but I apologized and thought it might be related to the Long Haul Covid I was suffering with. But then things got nasty and I left. This made very sad and down and I began a circle of despair that lingered for months. Every job rejection made me embittered and I started to have some very dark dreams.
Then I started listening to the audio version of The Secret. It has helped me to push my negative thinking away and to face challenges with a renewed sense of positivity. I understood that for myself, gratitude helps reframe my thinking and for the first time in 6 months I am feeling optimistic again!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!