Gone almost as fitness mad as I have ever previously been - living in psychiatric hospitals for a year and wanted to be a yoga teacher
Ashtanga At night and at 5 am for so many hours every day etc etc
Most of my life I’ve been so sedated
running half marathons was from a very tired place
Treating myself like I’m in training to completely transform my life
And active recovery is coming in
I’m cautiously just swimming a half hour for 2 days running and gardening and housework too
Just averaging 13700 steps
This Fit kick is becoming my life
And how not to look back and resent the lifesaving medication??? Or generally how I was living my life
The running, Mum took me and waited while I trained
Or I’d go myself every now and then
The earlier yoga out of love somehow
This as a major midlife crisis
All with money, and a lot of support
And mainly it would be my subtype of schizophrenia
I’ve been on depot meds every 2-3 weeks for years and each one knocked me out for a week every single time
I’ve been years unfit
Years recently obese
But
I’m almost 12 yrs out of hospital
In a loving marriage
43!
Age 17-26 I could only make it out of the house to socialise or Volenteer once a week
No exaggeration
Food shopping for pasta was a lot to get used to
