Your Mind Deserves Care: How Acupuncture Can Help You Feel Like YOU Again

We live in a world that never stops. Some days 24 hours in the day doesn't feel like enough. We are constantly pushing our body past our limits, striving to be better, to do more. People continue to add more and more obligations and commitments to their plate. Emails pile up, deadlines hit, and family commitments take up your off day's - it can become exhausting, and overwhelming. It can slowly begin to start to feel like you are just surviving rather than living. So many people carry stress on our shoulders like it is a backpack - heavy, invisible, but always there weighing you down. Anxiety can plague the body and mind, it can make your heart race even when there is no visible threat. Depression can make joy seem so out of reach, like there is no light at the en of the tunnel. Yet - we are just expected to keep going like nothing is wrong.

But the question is what if you didn't just have to "deal with it"?

Acupuncture can offer more than needles to help manage sore muscles - it offers the body a pause. Acupuncture gave provides a little sanctuary where the body has the opportunity to slow down. It gives your body a moment where it can finally start to release emotional tension you probably don't even know you are holding in different parts of your body. A safe spot where your nervous can be in a space where it can shift from constant "flight or fight" to genuine rest. Acupuncture allows your body and mind take the time to finally breathe.

Acupuncture uses tiny needles that interact with your body to help support the nervous system, and help bring your mood back into a place of balance. It works quietly - giving your body additional support that it may be missing.

The best part? You don't have to wait until burnout hits. Regular acupuncture session can help you manage stress before it snowballs, promote more restful nights, and even give your emotional health some TLC.

If you feel like you have been carrying tension, anxiety, or sadness around like it's a shadow, acupuncture can be an amazing tool to help you lighten that load. However, acupuncture is not a quick fix - it provides a place to reconnect with pieces of yourself you didn't know were missing.

Your mind deserves care. Your body deserves rest, and most of all you deserve to feel like yourself.

Dr. Breanna Forry