I dropped into a deep, dark mood yesterday afternoon - and I struggled to get out of it until I had this conversation.

I really don't know what brought this morose mood on, we'd had a lovely Sunday, had got out on our bikes and were chilling out at home. And for some reason (probably hormonal!) dark clouds gathered over my head and stayed there for at least a couple of hours.

I blew things out of proportion, started playing disaster scenarios in my head and generally was horrible to be around. Martin, my husband helped pull me out of it by asking me a question 'but are you making progress?'

That's a powerful question and helped stop me in my tracks and consider.

Yes of course I was making progress, I could see that, and acknowledging it made me grateful. I could also see that my mood was just brought on by my lack of patience (something I'm very familiar with!)

Next time you're suddenly caught in a dark mood try asking yourself the same question - it might just help put it in perspective.