I have been going to acupuncture for a long while. Originally I was going, if I recall, for help with sleep after a boyfriend (I forget what name I called him here) suggested I try it. And since my mental health shifted in the mid 2010s I've been going for that reason too and finding it helps a lot with calming.
As I think I mentioned, I've been struggling quite a lot recently, and the last week or so was particularly bad. I think it was Monday that I woke up and saw some things (online) that upset me terribly. I was not doing well. I had my morning and did my exercise and that only helped so much. I was really struggling quite badly.
I had acupuncture that afternoon and I explained to her that what was bothering me the most of late was my mood. That I'd be ok or good for a while but then the sort of bread of that sandwich was me feeling really really really really terrible.
Now some people might suggest that acupuncture is bunk. Well, I disagree. And on Monday, how I felt and how I saw things and how I felt about those really upsetting things was night and day difference. I got out of my appointment and literally texted someone and said "I'm over it." (The thing that I was SUPER not ok about.) I had been completely spun out and after that hour and a half I wasn't spun out at all. I felt normal. Like myself. It was amazing.
I almost always feel calmer and more relaxed after acupuncture but this was a stunningly noticeable difference. I sent my practitioner a thank you email after. In some ways, inside, it felt like it had saved my life. An exaggeration perhaps, but it sure felt that different from before to after.
I'm extremely grateful for the change and relief and for modalities that work for me like this one does and did.
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