Another month in 2025 is coming to an end, so it’s time to check in on my mental health. I’ve debated on whether I want to continue with these updates as I am restructuring some of the content here, but I think it is still important to normalize discussions of mental health and to remove the stigma of mental health issues.

I’ve tried to prioritize sleep this month, but I’m not sure that I was really successful. My sleep patterns naturally shift to where I am up all night and sleep during the day, but this seems to bother my mom, so I’ve been trying to force myself to stay awake during the day and sleep at night, which just makes me extra tired and grumpy and more prone to depression and anxiety.

More than the sleep issues though, is the vision issues I’ve been having. I’ve had pretty serious eyestrain for several months, but it seems to be getting worse lately. My vision is blurry more often than not (and that’s while wearing my glasses) and I’ve been getting a lot more headaches again. Unfortunately there’s really nothing I can do about it until I can afford to go to the eye doctor and get new glasses. It was about $600 5 years ago, so I have no idea how much it will cost now. So yeah, the combination of stress over my deteriorating vision and my lack of money to treat it has not been helping my mental health in any way.

With everything that I’ve mentioned above, you’d think that my mental health was pretty bad this month, but it honestly hasn’t been. I mean, it hasn’t been perfect, I’ve had some ups and downs, but it is definitely a lot better than I would have expected given the circumstances. I’m still reading, and I’m still cleaning, and those are the two best indicators for me on where I’m at mentally. Here’s hoping this trend continues!