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my job as a medical doctor</a>, possibly derailing my career.</p><p id="f4a0">In the deepest trenches of the <i>sea</i>, I felt unheard and alone.</p><p id="676c">It took me months before I finally realised I was no longer sinking any further.</p><p id="5699">I then sensed the comforting <i>seabed</i> beneath me, gently begging me to take stock of my life. Life had been completely taken over by 80-hour work weeks with zero self-care. I had no social life. I spent no time exercising or doing things that used to bring me joy.</p><p id="5239">I accepted I had to heal myself first before I could care for others again. I was going to <b>bounce back</b>.</p><p id="16e3"><i>📬 This is part of a multi-part series. Follow <a href="undefined

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">Nic Rafael</a> for more! 📭</i></p><p id="d1d1"><b>Read Part One:</b></p><div id="f454" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/ive-not-scaled-mountains-but-i-conquered-mt-mental-health-18b7e05fd191"> <div> <div> <h2>I’ve Not Scaled Mt. Everest But I Conquered Mt. Mental Health</h2> <div><h3>Battling mental illness is an arduous uphill task</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*61gOva8q0cC8KSj7AFvN9A.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Part Two

Hitting Rock Bottom Saved My Life

Why hitting rock bottom can be motivation for you to go again

An image of a man sinking deep into the ocean. Created by Nic Rafael (author) on Canva

At the lowest point of my life, I remember thinking, “Things can’t possibly get any worse”.

I was clinically depressed from years of uncontrolled anxiety. I had to take an unpaid leave from my job as a medical doctor, possibly derailing my career.

In the deepest trenches of the sea, I felt unheard and alone.

It took me months before I finally realised I was no longer sinking any further.

I then sensed the comforting seabed beneath me, gently begging me to take stock of my life. Life had been completely taken over by 80-hour work weeks with zero self-care. I had no social life. I spent no time exercising or doing things that used to bring me joy.

I accepted I had to heal myself first before I could care for others again. I was going to bounce back.

📬 This is part of a multi-part series. Follow Nic Rafael for more! 📭

Read Part One:

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