If it's a child who initiates the hug I hug bak lightly for a second but yeah I would ask too as far as anything else
Hereβs a hug (((((((((:))))))))))
I worked for Wend's for 20 years or so which was a pain in the butt. The owners of the franchise owned all of the stores in Delaware and I have worked and Managed all of the stores in the county that i live in. I just don't know what I should do with my life.
I was a workaholic employed by a BIG institution for 30 years. I ate, slept, and breathed it, and considered myself happily institutionalized. I knew who I was, and got what I needed there.
Outside of it, I was confused, not lost but adrift. After retiring, I've had the time to identify and integrate what worked for me there into my life so that I'm more functional personally than I've ever been.
Identify what they provide, and see if you can't infuse your life with those elements. It won't happen all at once, but that it can happen is certain. π€
Rebecca, do what will enhance your healing. Because of the nature of depression and society in general, none of our choices are easy, but we make them because we deserve good lives too.
You are not alone-- you have us-- to go with you. π€