10/10/2023
Happy mental health day!
⚠️ talk about depression, anxiety and panic attack
The person you see in these pictures seem to be happy and fun but inside it was a fight, a constant battle with thoughts to end everything. This post is act of courage, act of coming out openly and accepting my struggles with mental health.
2017 to 2020 i battled depression, anxiety and panic attacks, the extra pressure of being perfect, the cycle of not being good enough grappled me tight. My hypersensitivity helped me empathise but also absorb every emotion. People around me could see me functioning well, they had their theories, some would even preach, how I should not diagnose myself.
However, I remember not moving, eating my feelings, numbing with 10hrs of binge watching, pushing everyone close to me away, not cleaning up, not bathing for days, not sleeping well, overthinking and self blaming. The list doesn't end. People around me tried to diffuse my emotions and that did exactly opposite to what I needed.
Why am I sharing all this now?
1. If you know someone with big emotions, just hear them out, all they want sometimes is to be heard. Give them space to be heard, to feel warm
2. Show empathy, do not impose what you think, figure out of the person need advice or just your ears
3. If anyone of you feels stuck or helpless and want to let it out, feel free to just type it all out in my DM, I will read, I will see you.
Also, if you made it uptill here, I am doing much better, i went into therapy in 2021, coached in 2022, I have strategies to manage my anxiety now. When my strategies don't work, I lean into people who love me, my safe space.
