Making the Most of “Down” Days

Aka extra self-care days

Julia Freeman, an anonymous survivor

3 min readFeb 9, 2022

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Photo by Nighthawk Shoots on Unsplash

Do you ever wake up feeling down in the dumps for no reason at all? Yeah, me too. It drives me crazy when I have a day where I feel depressed or grumpy with no discernable cause. I usually acknowledge that I’m having an “off” day and then do my best to get on with life.

Julia Freeman, an anonymous survivor

Written by Julia Freeman, an anonymous survivor

I write to help others learn to live free and move forward in their healing journey. . Learningtolivefree.me

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