I (re)learned the value of caring for myself kindly and compassionately, whether for distress or eustress, just as I so often do for others
t’s 2am, and my mind slowly blinks into consciousness. It’s been happening a lot lately, this early-hours waking. I fought against it initially, lying still, closing my eyes, and hoping that I would slide back into oblivion, and that this was just a one-off.
A few days ago, I released my first book into the wide world, watching it flee away from my grasp and control. I’ve wanted to write books since I was a wee bub, and was enraptured, ever since I first strung a few words together to make a poem. Word + word + word=meaning felt like magic. While being published has felt glorious, amazing, miraculous , it also reminded me about the importance of acknowledging eustress, or positive stress., we often think of the difficult – a divorce, perhaps, a work-life balance tipping toward work, a sick family member, moving house. These are the things we know and readily identify as stressful.
We are caught unawares when we feel flat after these events or get sick. I reliably become unwell after something emotionally intense and have now learned to schedule it into my diary and planning; my body responding to the coursing adrenaline of a book launch, and crash after, in the same manner as it would the adrenaline of something far less pleasant.
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