Post vacation depression is your brain and body readjusting. Try this reentry plan to soften the crash and regain momentum, from Mind Alchemy Mental Health.
If you and I were talking over coffee in Denver, I would tell you this without sugarcoating it. For years, I assumed I was not as smart as most people. Or anxious. Or that I needed to get it together and try harder. And I did try harder. I got good grades. I showed up. I looked “high functioning.” But inside, I was working a lot harder than everyone else to retain information and keep up in real time. I didn’t have words for it yet, so I wore the labels I thought made sense:
