Energise: It is Time to Change Your Foggy Perspective

Some days, the fog isn’t in your life. It’s in your viewpoint

I know that because I’ve lived it. Welcome to Fog of Mind, Helping You to Create Headspace. It's time to bring some energy into your life.

Back in 2014, I was diagnosed with moderate to severe depression and general anxiety disorder. That sentence looks tidy on a screen. It wasn’t tidy to live through. It was heavy, relentless, and quietly convincing. The sort of struggle that doesn’t always shout, but still manages to drain the colour out of everything.

And here’s the part I want to say clearly: I didn’t “beat it” like it was a one-time opponent. I learned how to live with it, how to recognise it, how to respond sooner, and how to stop pretending I was fine when I wasn’t. Because anxiety, for me, doesn’t disappear. It comes and goes. It changes shape. Sometimes it’s background noise. Sometimes it’s front and centre.

Last year, when I felt it building again, I did something that still matters to me. I reached out and used my former employer’s Employee Assistance Programme. Not because I was at rock bottom, but because I could feel the ground getting unsteady. That’s what progress can look like. Not dramatic rescue. Just earlier action. A hand up before it becomes a freefall.

I’ve spoken about my ordeal on numerous occasions, and every time I do, I’m reminded of something simple: telling the truth is a form of strength. Not the performative kind. The useful kind. The kind that makes space for someone else to breathe.

Now I want to take it further and Fog of Mind is born.

Not by turning my story into a highlight reel, but by talking about perspective in a way that actually helps on a Tuesday morning when your mind is spinning, your chest is tight, and you’re trying to act “normal” through it.

So here’s the experiment. Take one thing that’s been winding you up, dragging you down, or sitting in your head like a low battery warning. Don’t fix it. Don’t solve it. Just rotate it.

Try these three perspective flips:

1) From “Why is this happening to me?” to “What is this trying to tell me?”
Not in a motivational quote way. In a practical way. Is it pointing to stress, burnout, loneliness, overwork, or a boundary you’ve ignored?

2) From “This is a problem” to “This is information.”
If your mind is flashing a warning light, what would it be asking you to check? Sleep. Routine. Movement. Diet. Workload. Relationships. Your inner critic.

3) From “I can’t” to “I can’t yet.”
“Yet” doesn’t deny how hard it is. It just refuses to make it permanent.

Then do the part that really counts: pick one small action that supports the new angle. One text. One walk. One glass of water. One honest sentence to someone you trust. One five minute reset. One early night. Tiny is not trivial. Tiny is how you restart.

Are thing really that bad? That's one question that everyone can ask themselves, or a friend.

If this resonates and you’re up for it, here’s a one-line prompt you can use in the comments or in your notes:

I thought it meant _____. Now I’m considering it might mean _____.

I’m not sharing this to be brave on the internet. I’m sharing it because I know what it’s like to carry it, and I’m building something that helps people find headspace, sooner rather than later.

More to follow on Fog of Mind.

*I took the featured image on a recent trip to Tenerife. It gave me a lot of joy watching the sunset.

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