My Healthy Mental Health

Mental health

Mental health is something I stand strong on, now that I’m older and understand it more. It is something I have dealt with since childhood, having low self esteem which led to anxiety as I got older and then depression. I was very much naïve and even in denial to the fact for years of my life. It wasn’t until recently in my last couple years of life that I started to take it serious.

I’m not saying that I don’t have bad days especially with all the adversities I face in life. But I definitely acknowledge things when I’m feeling down or having anxiety over something. For the most part I just start to pray and give myself a prep talk to get out of it. I am heavy on prayer, I feel that it’s already known how I’m feeling or what I am thinking so I can be my most vulnerable. With a good prayer I bounce back from anything and I am given strength to push on.

Since I started my weight loss journey I try to do my daily stretching, I also try to do daily affirmation everyday in the mirror. I love to remind myself that I am strong and conquer anything I put my mind to. I also listen to music daily I’m heavy on getting my praise on and worshiping everyday, although I always end up listening my secular music (as my grandmother say) by the end of the day. These are the things I do daily to help me cope with life and strengthening my mental health.

As I become more settled in life financially and freedom in time, I will go deeper into my working on my mental health by see a therapist. It will help me heal a lot of old wounds that I carry. I definitely feel my goal in life, is improve myself in every aspect the older I get. And your mind is definitely something that you can always grow, well if you haven’t lost it already. But I know, some are trying to figure out what knowledge have to do with mental health? Well an old saying goes, that if you knew better you would do better, and that’s so true in every aspect of life.