Since August 2018, I was declared on “temporary disability” for welfare due my really bad case of Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

I’ve been in therapy since April of 2019 for this. For those wondering, I’m still in therapy, but things are better. Ever since March it’s been more about managing my GAD during COVID times and being forced to be in an abusive household.

I was supposed to go back to work in March 2020 but being stuck on the wrong side of the border when it closed (US-Canada border) really messed me up and I needed time to recover from that. 

I also lost a friend to COVID in June 2020. So I also had to deal w/ that. Not to mention being apart from my fiancé for nearly 9 months destroyed me on so many levels.

But 2021 is definitely the year. Currently I’m enjoying my last week in the US w/ my fiancé before heading back home to Canada, where it’s a full-on lockdown and w/ a brutal curfew attached to it.

Once quarantine is done (like my 2 weeks after coming back from the US) I’ll finally start looking for a job, as well as start my immigration process to get married and finally moved to the US to be w/ my awesome fiancé.

I’m happy about how things are going. I’m happy that I am not as anxious as I once was.

I’m just happy to be actually happy. And yes being engaged to the love of my life definitely helps w/ that 🥰❤️