It is so easy to get caught up thinking about the negative things in life. These memories and thoughts can consume our minds and take away from our energy and ability to focus on the important things.
We can choose to allow the demons of our past haunt us and distract us from the present or we can choose to accept pasts events and use them to help us become better versions of ourselves.
We can choose to think that things just happen to us without reason or we can choose to believe that there is a reason for everything and things happen to allow us to grow.
Like everyone, I have been through a lot of things; good and bad. I have moved interstate during my senior years of high school, no longer have a relationship with my father, have watched the people around me struggle with mental illnesses and more recently myself have been dealing with anxiety and depression.
I want people to know that it is okay not to be okay and that you shouldn’t feel embarrassed or silly for asking for help, even if you think your problems aren’t big enough or don’t compare to those of other people around you. YOU know how YOU feel and what YOU are feeling is RELEVANT.
Whilst taking the step to admit to yourself that something is going on and then sharing these thoughts with someone close to you is a great first step, you don’t begin to notice significant changes in your wellbeing until you make a conscious effort to change your thinking.
For my own recovery I have been trying to shift my focus from worrying about the negative things, to looking at how these experiences have made me a better person.
It is the difficult times that challenge us to become stronger, develop resilience and can allow us to provide better support to others. I am learning to appreciate that lifes’ challenges will be what makes me a better nurse and in general, human being.
Nurturing Mind & Body 