featuring her longtime friend journalist Michele Norris, the former first lady candidly spoke about the state of her mental health during this difficult time."Spiritually, these are not fulfilling times," she said.
Though these certainly aren't the first unusual circumstances Michelle has weathered, she previously relied heavily on a routine, which of course has been disrupted these past few months. Michelle said,"For Barack and I, we've lived outside of the norm of regular life for quite some time, and what we learned early on in the White House is that in order to stay sane and feel like the human that you once were, you have to have a schedule and a routine that's pretty lockstep.
Michelle described feeling"out of body" and"out of mind" as a result of the onslaught of disheartening news. She explained,"I know that I am dealing with some form of low-grade depression — not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife. Just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting.
Ultimately, Michelle has given herself permission to feel those feelings, while also turning to her family for support and pockets of joy."I have had to kind of give myself that: those days, those moments. But for the most part, staying in a routine, getting a workout in, trying to get outside; schedule has been key, and having a regular dinner time," she said."I'm finding that in quarantine, we look forward to that.
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