Emotional Blips Happen, and That's Okay.

It's what we do to get through them that matters.

Julie Kenny
4 min readMay 28, 2024

Photo by Yuris Alhumaydy on Unsplash

Last year, I wrote a few essays about my struggles with my mental health. Well, last week, I had a blip. It was a struggle to get through the week, and I did things that were not effective for my mental health.

How I identified the blip

The signs were my sleep schedule went bad, not enough sleep and not enough deep and rem sleep. I struggled to find the motivation to do things I enjoyed.

I do Interstisital Journalling, where I note when I start an activity and make a short note about it. Many of my notes were along the lines of 'phaffed about and couldn't focus' Or 'Gave up, no motivation.'

I would pick up my journal but not write anything because I didn't want to listen to my inner voice. She wasn't very happy, and it would be an unpleasant conversation with me.

All of these symptoms rang my alarm bells. A lot of my systems are there to ring the alarm when things start to go pear-shaped. I knew two things.

It was the situation. I was sick and hormonal and had taken some feedback on my writing too personally. It then dug into my mind and pushed all my buttons. I wasn't good enough, I would never be good enough, and why did I…

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Julie Kenny
Julie Kenny

Written by Julie Kenny

Writer | Executive Coach and Trainer | Triathlete | Mother | visit me at https://www.garnettrainingandconsultancy.com/

Responses (2)

What are your thoughts?

Julie, thank you for sharing about your recent emotional blip. I'm inspired by your courage and action items. I have a tendency to isolate, too, so thank you for the reminder about how important it is not to withdraw but stay connected to friends and family when we are in an emotional slump.

But we tend to avoid it because it can be scary to tell people that we're not doing so well.

Love how this post turned out! Not reaching out also allows us to stay stuck which is sometimes more comfortable than working to get unstuck, admitting we need help & asking for it.