Photo by Yuris Alhumaydy

How to Pull Yourself Out of a Shame Spiral

There was a time recently when it felt like something broke inside of me. It felt like a switch flipped in my head, turning on a vacuum of shame, and I was feeling lower than I’d felt in a long time.

I’m no stranger to feeling low — depression is a place I used to spend a lot of time. So it was fascinating, after years of being mentally and emotionally stable and actually quite happy, to…