Getting along with yourself / Mental health

You don’t need to be liked or be friends with everybody. People will move in and out of your life the only constant Is you. So make sure that you get along with yourself. Start now. Make sure you’re able to be alone. No boyfriend. No girlfriend. No friends. Just you. Try it.

 

If you find yourself struggling with a situation find a way of relieving that stress you’re in. Sometimes a rant or conversation with friends is all it takes to get out of a not so bright spot. Or write your feelings down. Burn that paper, rip it apart or keep it. Do anything that makes you feel better as long as no one, including yourself, gets hurt. Take a hot shower or bath, make your bed, go for a walk.

 

But sometimes no one of the things listed above are able to help you get out of a dark numbing place. Sometimes you can’t help yourself anymore and that’s when people whose job it is to help others are necessary. There is no reason to feel embarrassed about your emotions. You can feel them therefore they are real. Look at it like a broken bone. You can feel the pain yet it may not be visible from the outside at the first glance.

Don’t seek a permanent solution for a temporary problem.

Reach out to someone. I know you can get through this. Why? Because I think that most people have a point in their lives when it only can get better. Don’t miss your chance. Please.

Here are some Websites you could have a look at:

7cupsoftea: An anonymous and free chat with trained listeners

TWLOHA local resources : A list with helplines mainly from US states. But also Australia and Canada

Kati Morton - Counseling and prevention resources: Helplines across the world

Kati Morton: Mental Health Social Network

 

If you know more websites which can help, let me know.