It took me so long to have the confidence to ask for help when it came to my mental health problems and it took me so much to realise that I am only going to get the help I need to get better if I really want to get better within myself, which took me far to long to actually have the strength to do, but once I realised that I wanted to get better and didn’t want to live my life the way it was anymore, everything changed.
There is so much talk around getting counselling, therapy, going on medication etc for mental health, and people who don’t have mental health issues have more to say about them than the people who do a lot of the time. Obviously different things work for different people, and being on medication or going to counselling has different side effects for each individual, but I spent far too long thinking that if I went to the doctors about my mental health and talked about going on medication for my mental health that I would be seen as crazy. Starting my medication was definitely the best thing I have ever done and I wish I’d done it sooner. When I first started taking them I didn’t tell anyone as I was worried of what perception people would have of me, but as time went on I realised that people are more supportive and proud for finally asking for help and getting what you need to get better, and that people don’t think I’m crazy for doing so, in fact they think the complete opposite. Of course I still got the odd comment of people saying things like ‘I’d never want to be on anti-depressants’ etc, but neither did I before I started them, and looking back it is 100% the best decision I have ever made in my life. If I didn’t go to the doctors about going on anti-depressants I would be in a completely different place right now, so much worse than I was before. Like I said before, going on meds aren’t for everyone, but that’s okay, and if you feel like going on meds means that you’re crazy then you couldn’t be more wrong! It shows how strong you are and shows how determined you are to improve yourself and get better. I see mental illness now as the exact same as physical illness, you go to the doctors when you’re ill and give you antibiotics etc to help you get better, so what’s the difference just because its a mental issue and not physical?
Pls look after your mental health the same as you would ur physical health!!!!!!!!
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