Happy Monday. Today is World Mental Health Day. A day where everyone does what they can to encourage others that are dealing with mental health that its okay to not be okay. Yes this messaging is super true. The messaging needs to extend past this one day. Mental health is a health related issue that is common. Most people have some sort of mental health issue that is either diagnosed or undiagnosed.
Mental Health Help
There are many factors with some getting the help that they need. For one, it is expensive. We are in the richest country in the world and yet there are whole communities who do not have access to quality care. Think about that. It is truly a sad situation to be apart of. To know that there are people who want help but can’t because money is in the middle to them getting the care they need. I remember when I started getting my care. I went through getting it through my husband’s job for Employee assistance program. It was about 3 sessions free. After that since I had health insurance, it cost me about $40 per session. My therapist took the price to $20 a session and still I needed about 2-3 sessions a week for quite some time.
The cost add up. There may be some who do not have Employee Assistance Programs. They don’t have 3 sessions to start. Some can’t simply pay the copays.
Monday Motivation-Standing in your Truth
If you get to the point where you realise you need help, wiggle bills around to pay the copay, you still may struggle with your mental health. For instance it’s no secret, I talk about it on the podcast about how my husband had divulged my mental health to his friends. In the beginning he nor I understood what was going on. To him, I was just acting crazy. It was painful. However as much as it was hard to push through and stand in my truth I was hardened about not being able to share my story on my own terms. The battles that ensued after I started treatment was not to hold resentment with him.
Now it’s normal to see people share their stories. When I started telling people, I was told that I was putting too much of my business out. People told me that I wouldn’t be able to blog effectively because of it. I was being told that nobody wanted to hear about anxiety and depression because it was too heavy for others to understand. I am super glad I took the leap of faith and spoke up. It was the ability to tell my story and I haven’t stopped.
Monday Mindset and Joys
One of my personal issues while dealing with my mental health was that once things went left in my life I wasn’t able to recover. I stayed in a negative mindset. It wasn’t even about the things I could or couldn’t change. I was unwilling to move forward, forgive, or most importantly forgive myself. Your mindset determines everything that you do or have. All of the time that I felt like I lost from not checking my mindset can be debilitating at times. However I know that all I can do is take responsibility for my present and future. Doing all I can do to take one step at a time. Often times I have to remind myself is that I am awake, the sky’s the limit. So I take charge of my mindset serious. Sometimes that means taking a break. Telling PR (s) No, spending time with myself and more.
Find your joys. Release that joy back into the world. Your issues will not fix themselves overnight. It is okay. You may want things to move faster than they are able. Take a look at the mental standard you set. Take a deep breath, find ways to seek the help you need. Sometimes it comes in removing people who do not serve you. That is hard too-so when you emotionally backslide into the wrong mentality don’t wait for the next day to change-change in the moment.
Today, tomorrow and everyday after, mental health is important. Happy Monday let’s start making it easier for those to live in their truth by ending the stigma in our personal circles and beyond.
