Sometimes, things take a little time to process…

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The start of this year was incredibly difficult for me, with a lot of challenges and obstacles arising which let’s just say made everything a bit more tricky to overcome. We’re going to be taking a look at how this has highlighted to me how some things may take a little time to process and why that is a completely natural thing to face in life.

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Losing 2 of my grandparents so close to each other recently has been a lot to deal with, and if I’m honest, it’s something that I really have struggled with mentally. However, if one thing has been made clearly apparent throughout the last couple of months, it’s that I need to ensure that I take the time needed to properly work through it all.

My grandparents played a pivotal role in my life, it’s totally natural that their passing was always going to have a massive impact on me. There’s no right or wrong answer for how you process scenarios such as grief for the loss of a loved one – it’s very much a person-by-person scenario.

In saying that, I have had to be very careful with how I planned out how I was going to come to terms with it all. If I try to rush through the whole process then:

😶 My Stutter will go all over the place and I’ll lose all control over my speech fluency

😬 My Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome will flare up, causing me a lot of intense stomach pain

Some days, I’m bound to be my usual happy and overly enthusiastic self, other days may be a lot harder and more challenging. I decided to take an approach where I continued to work, giving my mind something to focus on, when in the background I was subconsciously starting to accept what my new reality was going to be.

Reflecting back on the last 10 months or so, of course, there are some areas that I could have handled a lot better, but on the whole, I feel like I have done a fantastic job of managing everything. I have, by no means, fully come to terms with everything yet, but I am handling things at a pace which I feel comfortable with, and I know that in time, I will continue to process more and more.

Some things take a little time to process, but you’ll get there, don’t you worry, it’s all a part of the journey. We all handle things in our own way, which is something that you should actively appreciate and embrace. If you do feel like you need some additional support, that is also completely okay and is something that I would highly recommend seeking out.

That’s all for today’s blog, what do you think? How do you recognise the times when you may need to slow down a little in life? What techniques and methods do you use to process change?

I’d love to hear your thoughts 🙂

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!