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3 Surprising Advantages My Life Gave Me After My breakdown.

Naomi Sturrock-Whitehead
8 min readFeb 8, 2021

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If you haven’t taken stock of your life, you need to do it immediately.

When my youngest child was only six weeks old, I had a breakdown. The impact of having a fourth child was so great; I wish I had gone into this next phase with my eyes wide open. Instead, I was stumbling around in the dark, unknowingly damaging all of those around me.

The tension had been building for years; it was just I had paid no attention. The depression I was feeling increased; I didn’t know who I was or where I was going in life. I was a stay at home mum that struggled daily to get through the day. If I had one day without suicidal thoughts, I considered it a mediocre day.

This dark phase of my life stood me in good stead for the future years; it made me a better person. It was such a difficult stage of my life, one I will never forget, nor would I ever want to. I find it difficult to reflect on those past events, yet it is necessary and conducive to my self-awareness and personal growth.

I would forgive you for thinking that I am still a crazy old lady for claiming that my breakdown was an instigating factor in my recovery. But the advantages have led to having had a profound impact on me and the way I now live my life. Here…

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Naomi Sturrock-Whitehead
Naomi Sturrock-Whitehead

Written by Naomi Sturrock-Whitehead

Learning how to play the game of life and making it worthwhile.

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