Mental Health Update - February 2026

I haven’t done one of these in a while so lets have a mental health update shall we?

First off, my anxiety is very high at the moment. I have no idea why. I’ve discussed it with my key worker and I cannot figure out what triggered this anxiety. It started around December and has remained around a 7 or 8 on my anxiety scale. This scale is completely made up in my head but it helps me a lot with figuring out if its my normal level or if its increasing. And while it isn’t increasing, I don’t think anyone wants to live with anxiety that sits at that level. I will accept any anxiety tips in the comments, as I am out of ideas at the moment.

Overall though my mental health has not been too bad. I did have a period of depression, but this is very normal for me with my bipolar. And I still feel my medications are working as this only lasted around 3-4 days, whereas previously I’ve had episodes that lasted for months. So the overall time spent in both mania and depression has significantly decreased, which to me is a major success.

Also, with the weight loss journey I’ve been on, it is helping me feel better about myself overall, which is a very positive thing. I really struggle with self love and body positivity. I am working on body acceptance, as I do feel this is a much more achievable goal for me overall. I will do a post about my weight loss journey as well, as I feel like documenting it on here will help with keeping me motivated and “in the zone” with it.

So all in all I’m pretty happy with my mood being quite stable at the moment. It does fluctuate within the stable limits, but not too dramatically. For me stability means my mood is between a 4-6, 3-1 is depression and 7-10 is mania. I actually use this scale from the BipolarUK app, which I highly recommend for not only tracking your mood, but for making sure you track your medications as well.

I will update if I find a way to lessen my anxiety. Or if I have any developments in general with my mental health. But for now I’m happy to be somewhat stable.