What do you say when you are self-destructing on the inside? For me, I say nothing, which makes writing a blog post hard. I think the actual advice is to try speaking to yourself the way you would speak to a friend who was feeling the same way.
So to my friend, I say; it’s going to be ok. Remember that nothing is ever truly terrible forever and to let these days pass. Remember also that nothing is ever truly wonderful forever and look forward to the moments that are to balance out the times that aren’t.
Some days I am glad for the middle ground.
For brightly colored helium filled balloons on the ceiling, no matter the trouble it took to put them there.
For playing in a trampoline park with my nieces, no matter that they were frankly a little bored.
For wandering the muddy grounds of the Cornell Botanic gardens on a gorgeous 70 degree day, no matter that what led me there was a bad hour of struggling at rock climbing in the gym.
“Regression toward the mean” is the idea that extremes will always go back towards an average. I like to think of it like balance. Things will always balance out.