Emotional health is tricky and often it intertwines and weaves along with physical health.
My giant disclaimer is to follow professional medical advice.
Here are some things I've done to help promote my mental health.
1. Trust your soul with a friend.
I'm not a private person. So I need a team of people I trust. I call them SEAL Team 7. They know everything about me. I have to have people who I can brainstorm life choices with who will have empathy and constructive suggestions.
Opening your soul and being vulnerable takes great strength and courage. It also gives courage to your circle to do the same.
No one has it all together. That's an urban legend.
2. If you feel pain, feel it. If you need to cry, cry.
I'm no longer suppressing my emotions, talking myself out of them, or allowing anyone else to do so.
No one can feel your pain for you. It's okay. Cry. Wash your face. Take a nap. Get up and start the rest of your day.
3. Lexapro
After my husband passed, I was deeply thrown into grief. After time passed, it wasn't lessening. In fact, my anxiety increased to the point that I felt like I was constantly outrunning an avalance.
I saw my doctor and she prescribed an antidepressant.
I remember clearly waking up last year on March 8 with ideas. For the first time in ten years my brain worked.
Emotional health is tricky and often it intertwines and weaves along with physical health.
My giant disclaimer is to follow professional medical advice.
Here are some things I've done to help promote my mental health.
1. Trust your soul with a friend.
I'm not a private person. So I need a team of people I trust. I call them SEAL Team 7. They know everything about me. I have to have people who I can brainstorm life choices with who will have empathy and constructive suggestions.
Opening your soul and being vulnerable takes great strength and courage. It also gives courage to your circle to do the same.
No one has it all together. That's an urban legend.
2. If you feel pain, feel it. If you need to cry, cry.
I'm no longer suppressing my emotions, talking myself out of them, or allowing anyone else to do so. No one can feel your pain for you. It's okay. Cry. Wash your face. Take a nap. Get up and start the rest of your day.
3. Lexapro
After my husband passed, I was deeply thrown into grief. After time passed, it wasn't lessening. In fact, my anxiety increased to the point that I felt like I was constantly outrunning an avalance.
I saw my doctor and she prescribed an antidepressant.
I remember clearly waking up last year on March 8 with ideas. For the first time in ten years my brain worked.