A Chaotic, Messy Week In My Life

What living with GAD, Depression, and ADHD looks like

The past 7 days have probably been the most tumultuous week in my life.

I’m writing this on a warm Monday afternoon from my room in Bangalore, India.

From the outside, it feels like I live a privileged, comfortable life. And in many ways, indeed — I do.

But in reality, I’m living inside my head. My mind is always on. The fact that life seems to keep throwing curveballs at me does not help either.

Monday

The day started well. I watched the new episode of the hit show The Last of us. The way the episode ended almost made me tear up because I can relate to the protagonist — Joel, a lot.

I don’t know why or how I relate to him, we’ve lived radically different lives. Maybe it’s the fact that both Joel and I are survivalists. Both of us are doing whatever we can to numb the pain inside of us and just survive one day at a time.

In the afternoon, things took a turn for the worse. I just lay in bed trying to sleep and while the time away. I have secondary…