Naked!

Shed the layers, the things we protected ourselves from. Lots of things go down in our lifetimes. Momma wouldn’t say is the name because a lot of people won’t speak on the outside, what is going on in the inside. Some kind of self preservation. Sometimes I think it’s still the old thought process that admitting a problem with your mental health is some kind of failure. There are still people that hold on to the notion that everyone says they have mental health problems these days. They say it like it is something we create for attention. I think we finally have given it a name for some of the feelings, coping, behaviours and reactions we have now.

If you have not gotten to a stage in your life where you can self reflect and decide how you are the way that you are, I hope you chose to do so. I am always telling my kids that, “ I think I have figured out a way to get through harder days, I just…” and the excuses flow out, which in itself is anxiety. When our reactions are second nature to us and they have always been that way, it’s harder for us to see them in ourselves. When life is good, it is easier to skate through. When life tilts a bit, that is when you may realize, you did diddly squat for yourself and have just been lulled into complacency. So how do you do when life is hard? Problem is, it could be years of good before the world, your world, tilts off of its axis!

Of course you don’t have to do anything! You may have a support network that could solidify water! It is amazing how poorly we treat ourselves. There are not enough pedicures, massages or facials to fix anything. Bandaids are not cures, they are pacifiers not getting to the root or the cure. So my hope for you is to not wait until you have to triage your life. Make sure you react to the start of the symptoms and get help. You need to start a course of action that get’s you on track for prevention!