Ember G Writes

Hey, bit of a disclaimer today’s blog post is a bit more on the serious side and longer side so if this isn’t for you feel free to pass on this one.

So to start this post off I just want to clarify that mental health is just as important as physical health. Just like physical health, it comes in different forms affecting different aspects.

For example, if you where having a heart attack you wouldn’t give yourself an ice pack like you would a sprained ankle, you would call an ambulance. Yes I know that was a very extreme example, it still gets my point across though right? You can go to counciling or therapy, you can get medication and more options to help with your mental health.

I’ll be talking about my own mental health and what helped me, so I have dealt with depression for awhile I also have anxiety. My anxiety has gotten a lot better but it occasionally spikes around long journeys and busy places. My depression is a lot better to, I sometimes have bad bouts of it. The past few weeks have been an example of that, I’ve felt kind of fragile and you know what? That is ok, we’re all human and its just the way your brain reacts and copes.

Usually you feel vulnerable after crying and its because you are, in a way, relieving yourself. Yeah you feel kinda crappy afterwards but you also feel a lot better after relasing emotions. If your like me and you bottle things up until it spills over is not the best way to do things. That is why I went to counciling sessions, in those sessions I learnt that the best way for me to deal with my emotions and feelings, is writing things down. That’s why I kind of started this blog, maybe only a couple people will read it maybe none at all.

In some way it will help someone figure out how to cope with things, for example I don’t like talking about how I’m feeling to people I’m close to because as stupid as it sounds, I feel like I’m bothering them and being a burden. When I feel depressed I usually remove myself from social media because that is one thing that triggers my depression.

My anxiety on the other hand makes me want to isolate myself, I have to have 10 or more conversations with myself to leave the house. When I’m feeling especially anxious I use one of those colouring books, you know the ones that are busy with lots of patterns?

It helps me forget about being anxious and allows me to focus that energy on something else. Music is another thing that helps both my depression and anxiety, something about music is incredibly healing. I listen to songs with positive messages and lyrics, even a happy sounding instrumental, just listening to music like that for 10 minutes helps me a lot.

If you are reading this and feel like your on your own, you are not. Don’t suffer in silence, if you need a stranger to talk to just find me on instagram or twitter. We don’t need to talk about anything in particular, you can send me a meme or music suggestion, anything that will help you take your mind off things.

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