Black Bear March Prompt: Out of Sorts

What do you do when your world is making you feel discombobulated?

Photo by Michele Maize

Happy March to all the fabulous Black Bear writers! It’s been a doozy of a year for me already.

With everything going on in the US, I am left feeling discombobulated and all over the place. It’s been hard to focus and with the changes going on at Medium, it’s disheartening at times.

But, I am sticking around and wading through it. What I do know about Medium is that it all comes in waves. One minute you could be doing great and then they change everything. It’s happened before. You can either choose to stick around or leave.

If you are here to share your story, strength and hope regarding addiction and/or mental health without yearning for compensation, then Medium is the place for you right now.

I need to get back into writing but I keep making excuses. The latest is that I am finding myself going crazy over too much information. TikTok has completely sucked me in and each day brings a new stressor. Last week I completely lost my mind over what is going on with the National Parks.

So, how do we get through tough times?