Emotional Recovery for Women in Their 50s: How to Find Happiness and Tips for Changing Your Life

When I first heard these words, I was in a place where I thought,
"That's impossible,"
and I couldn't believe them at all.

This was because I was in a painful situation, and I had struggled so much, saying,
"I want to be free from this suffering,"
"I want to be happy,"
but nothing had changed as a result.

I had spent years in a state where
[my body was alive, but my heart was not].

When I changed my environment significantly and my heart began to breathe again, I found myself able to think,
"I will live my life from now on in happiness."

Once my mindset shifted from "I want to be happy" to "I will live happily," my life began to move in a brighter direction.

I want to say these words to the version of me from back then, who had no hope for life:
"Thank you for not giving up on living."

Please let me share a little bit about my journey of the heart, and how my mind changed over time.

Days when my heart lost its color

I broke down physically and mentally due to years of stress.

The causes of the stress were in my home life and my work life.

With no escape from either, my heart and body screamed out in the form of "depression."


Working,
doing housework,
enjoying chats with friends

Things I had taken for granted until then became impossible for me to do.

Even when I saw things on TV or social media like
🔹 people's happy smiles,
🔹 beautiful scenery,
🔹 delicious-looking food,
everything felt like it belonged to a world that had nothing to do with me.

Before I knew it, my heart stopped feeling, as if the color had faded from my world.

Having reached this state, I completely lost my motivation and
wishing for a happy future for myself
deciding my own way of life
were things I had completely given up on.

The turning point was 'anger'

Even though I was like this, one day

'Why should I have to be unhappy?'
'That is just too pitiful for me.'

And, toward whom
or toward what
I did not know, but anger
began to well up inside me.

I want to make my life colorful.

Driven by that thought,
'I will live happily!'
there was a day I declared this to myself.

Then, from that day on,
my life began to change significantly.

I, who had lost the will to live
and whose heart felt like it had died,
now spend every day excitedly
doing the things I want to do.

A heart brought back to life by changing my environment

My heart was too exhausted, so
to regain myself,
I changed my environment.

Once I changed the environment I spent my time in,
space was created in my heart.

A heart with space
regained its vitality.

A heart that regained its vitality
regained hope for 'living'.

'I will live happily!'

From the moment I decided that,
I think I started
shifting
into a happy version of myself little by little.

Life moves in the direction you envision in your heart

I want to tell my past self:

'Thank you for not giving up on living.'
'Thank you for deciding to live happily!'

Once you envision a happy future,
a path to move toward it is created.

To you who are going through a difficult time right now

You, who are going through a painful time,
right nowmay be doing your best just to get by, and perhaps cannot imagine a happy future.

But please, remember this.

The happy version of you is waiting for you in the future.

Doesn't that thought make your heart feel a little lighter?

Just as it was for me,
I sincerely hope that the happy version of you is waiting for you in the future.

Thank you for reading until the end🌸
May my words light a flame in your heart.