{"id":124,"date":"2021-05-10T09:32:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T09:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/?p=124"},"modified":"2021-05-10T09:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T09:32:17","slug":"a-spark-a-flame-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"A spark, a flame, a fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been struggling recently. Mentally and physically. I guess mentally it’s not really a surprise – I’ve been more open than ever with my struggles of depression. But physically it’s been a burden<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s an intrinsic link between mental and physical health, especially when depression and\/or other struggles are involved. Still, I’ve always been quite ‘functional’. And this is something which I’ve weirdly been proud<\/strong> of myself for – probably pressurised myself unknowingly<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t think I’d describe myself as a ‘get up and go’ kind of person per se, but I’ve always been able to function<\/strong> within the day – whether that be to work, go to the gym, general get shit done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the last, honestly I don’t know<\/em> how long, I’ve lost my motivation and all energy. In a non life-ending way, but I’ve really lost my lust<\/em> for life. Which tells me that something needs to change<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all know that “it’s okay not to be okay”, and I truly stand firm to that notion. But, I know in myself that in order for me to cope and feel myself, something has<\/em> to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve made some really subtle changes recently, as well as really trying to give myself a break<\/strong> (easier said than done). I can feel it already, those little sparks coming to life again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sparks eventually lead to flames and fires. And that’s all I can hope<\/em> for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been struggling recently. Mentally and physically. I guess mentally it’s not really a surprise – I’ve been more open than ever with my struggles of depression. But physically it’s been a burden. There’s an intrinsic link between mental and physical health, especially when depression and\/or other struggles are involved. Still, I’ve always been quite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,18,13],"tags":[21,54,33,60,4,16,20,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithoftheheart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}