I wanted to talk about mental health and what I'm doing for my own... obviously... why would I write a blog with the title of "Mental Health" if I didn't right?
Anyway, something I learned over struggling with mental health is that I have to stop letting other people impact me so much... basically, I have to retreat emotionally from society and try to self-preserve just to survive.
There are memes about how people basically rely on others to exist, and let others determine their own value:
There's a song that somewhat relates to this subject:
I view myself as a severely broken person beyond any hopes of repair... however there are options... think of my mind as a crappy wooden bridge... there are ways to keep the bridge from falling down. It will never not be crappy, but with the right treatment, you can make the bridge last.
One strategy involves listening to myself, and taking mental health breaks seriously... unfortunately, some of us truly need those otherwise we'll break down completely, potentially forever.
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." - Buddha
A great quote, and here's another one: "Your mental health is everything – prioritize it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does." - Mel Robbins And one more: "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." - Dolly Parton For some people, mental health breaks seem like a joke... these are people who do not understand critical facts about a variety of human mindsets. Like it or not, different people live in different worlds, much of those worlds are inescapable.
Ultimately what I wanted to express to you is that if you struggle every day with mental health, you are obviously not alone. Additionally, it is beyond critical that you give yourself a break, and allow yourself to breathe when you need to. You may choose to think about what you like to do, what you love to do, what you enjoy eating, what you love drinking, who you love to see, what makes you feel, something, decent, and exploit that.
Listen to your quieter, kinder, voice, save yourself from your louder more self-destructive self. People count on you to exist. I know it is scary when that loud voice gets so loud you can't hear anything else, you can't even process people, places... anything... you just want to do what the loudest voice insists - so you have to hang on, like you would in a raging storm, and hope you survive just fine.
One of the best ways to survive, is to not allow that loud voice to get so intense that you wind up being harmed by yourself. That is why mental health breaks exist - you need to keep yourself in a state where your sadness cannot have as much of an opportunity to take complete control.
For example, if you are bracing for an extremely bad situation, like... your dog dying, or having to see your crazy highly-political family on Thanksgiving - mental health breaks can be preemptive, relaxing and stabilizing yourself before you walk into a chaotic situation so you can actually function in said situation.
Life, for so many people, is a massive struggle... in fact I wrote half a novel on this subject and stopped because I knew if I ever released it, people might adopt my mindset, and that wouldn't be good for anyone, as my mindset is the saddest, most self-destructive state I can comprehend.
Creating videos... that helped bring me out of focusing on the reality of our existence... and again, I know, people in different states of mind have no idea what I'm talking about... but those who do understand... I feel sorry for people like us, I truly do. You can't close Pandora's box once it's open... that's why I keep so many things to myself... I don't want to shatter the illusions others have, I don't want to break anyone, like I have been broken. I want everyone, enemy or friend, to be better off than me, because where I am? You don't come back from the place my mind and heart have fallen.
Be well, take your mental health breaks, stay safe.
That aside, check out George RR Martin's blog if you like... so cute he has one: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/