When You Have Mental Illness, Sometimes Self-Care IS A Shower

Meredith Ethington
5 min readJan 15, 2021

Because everything else feels impossible.

I’m no stranger to mental illness. I come by it honestly in my DNA, and I’ve also been privy to debilitating depression and anxiety that are situational.

My official diagnosis includes Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, with a touch of Depression to keep me honest…

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Meredith Ethington

Meredith Ethington, Author - Mom Life: Perfection Pending, Blogger at Perfectionpending.net and Editor in Chief of Filterfreeparents.com