Your Mental Asset: Recent Episodes
Parker Woodward
I have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and even ADD. Oh and, I almost forgot to mention, I experience suicidal ideations along with having spent time in a mental hospital after it all became too much. Because of all these personal struggles and even talking some good friends down from suicide themselves, I am tired of seeing others UNNECESSARILY suffer through mental health struggles.
Simon Sinek tells us to Start with Why, he even wrote a whole book about it. What happens though when we ask ourselves "Why?" and we get a negative answer. Sometimes the reason why we go through hard trials can be hard to articulate (if an answer exists at all.
Is your brain helping you or hurting you on a daily basis? When your answer to this question is "yes" then you know how hard it can be. Every day can feel like an uphill battle to perform even the most basic of tasks. More than that, if you are trying to improve the quality of your life and not just maintain it you'll feel like you're on a never ending treadmill. It can feel like hell.
When it comes to coming back from mental struggles, the choice is either self-help OR therapy. However, to quote a commercial I saw for tacos when I was a kid, why not both? The combination of both of these tactics is exactly what we need to do.