A taboo topic for sure but one that indeed has to be addressed. Mental health is like a death eater flying behind you all the time sucking the life and happiness out of you so much that no amount of chocolate will be able to heal you. Some people don't even look for that chocolate and go on with life sucking the happiness off other people cause they can't be alone in their misery. A cousin once told me that as taboo as it is, seeking help is OK. It's as OK as going to the clinic when you're having fever.
Sometimes our head and heart don't cooperate. In those times we always feel like we're beneath a lot of water hands stretching out, bobbing up and down gasping whatever air we can get but never truly finding something so step on or hold on to. It's a lot to feel and it's a lot to handle. Some of us handle it through cutting ourselves, some through drugs, some through alcohol, some through shutting down. Sometimes we know something is wrong when we see those info graphic pictures circulating on social media and one or two catch our eye. We think for a brief moment 'I need help' but then we just shrug our shoulders and carry on coping the only way we know how.
Why do we do this to ourselves? We know the solution, why can't we just get it sorted? Why prolong the suffering?
Sometimes our head and heart don't cooperate. In those times we always feel like we're beneath a lot of water hands stretching out, bobbing up and down gasping whatever air we can get but never truly finding something so step on or hold on to. It's a lot to feel and it's a lot to handle. Some of us handle it through cutting ourselves, some through drugs, some through alcohol, some through shutting down. Sometimes we know something is wrong when we see those info graphic pictures circulating on social media and one or two catch our eye. We think for a brief moment 'I need help' but then we just shrug our shoulders and carry on coping the only way we know how.
Why do we do this to ourselves? We know the solution, why can't we just get it sorted? Why prolong the suffering?
Comments
Post a Comment