Hey everyone. Happy Holiday’s. I was curious to hear any stories about small business owners that have depression on here.
I am a small business owner that has an online service business primarily helping other small local business owners in their cities get more traffic and customers. I also have depression and it’s not due to any situation, it’s just there.
For those of you that don’t have depression, I explain it other like a migraine, severe headache, or even a very bad upset stomach from eating something bad. You can either wait for it to pass (leaving you useless for a day or even days) or you can push through and try your hardest to make it work. (and just deal)
My depression can actually wipe me out. But because I have clients, I just push through to keep them successful.
I was just curious if there are any other small business owners here that that have depression, anxiety, or other mental illnesses? I know for me, it makes normal everyday business situations, that much harder. But I love what I do so I just push through.
Would love to hear any of your stories or how it impacts you. Thanks and I’m wishing you all good success as we get closer to the end of the year. May next year be even better :)
It comes and goes. I have to remind myself what a mentor used to tell me when I needed to hear it: nobody is going to treat you any better than you treat yourself. When you need time, take it. When you need a doctor, go. The work will still be there once your needs are tended to.
That’s amazing advice. Yeah mine is 70% there but 30% goes. So I get to come up for air once in a while. But that cloud follows me everywhere. I do take time for myself though and this is great advice.