Do Mind ME

A blog brought to you by someone with mental health about mental heealth. 

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Hop Out of You Comfort Zone

All the things that we deem as necessities are actually created for one purpose — for our comfort. Running water, furnace and air conditioning, and excessive amounts of food piled up in our fridge. Yet, I love having these things! Having these things allow me to become a better version of myself since I do need to worry about the basic need o survival. But sometimes I need to take a second I think, what if I wanted to challenge myself and step outside of my comfort zone? I’m not talking about it regarding the “necessities” I need. I really don’t think I can retrieve water from a well. What if? What if I tried to learn how to fashion illustrate? What if  picked up snowboarding which I tried before but fell so many times that I gave up after one winter? What if reached out to someone I hurt before and sincerely apologized for the damage I have done? I think it is good to hop out of your comfort zone, the cocoon we have created for ourselves, and take a leap of faith.  Without a little bit of courage, all we’re left is the explored territory. How can we improve if we do not hop out of our comfort zone?

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To Fathers with Daughters

We’ve all been hurt before. But nothing hurts more than being put down, beaten up and humiliated by the man you love the most. It is about the emotional pain instead of the abuse itself. You wish and wish and wish even more. You wish you had a different person as a father. You wish you were never born. But most of all, you wish you were loved the way you were supposed to be loved. Fathers… Love you daughters gently, kindly, respectfully…

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Life Worth Living, Life Worth Loving

Someone who had a great deal of experience with mental health, mental illnesses and hospitalization due to such issues once told me: “You cannot project your happiness on external things.”  So what does this mean?

1. You don’t want to project your happiness on your relationships — people leave you or pass away and if there was no relationship to begin with is the person actually “abandoning you”? 2. Your identity is not your job. Obviously if you love your job you will be happier but career paths change and you may lose your job. 3. Your happiness shouldn’t depend on materialistic things. Even a toddler will know, things get lost and item will be broken.

If my happiness does not depend on my relationships, my job nor the stuff I own. What does it depend on? We are defined by our passion. If we develop hobbies and passions worth living for we will have a life worth loving.

Stay strong!

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Dobby is Free

Today is the day I got discharged from Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital as I showed that I have made progress since my suicide attempts. People tell me everything happens for a reason and I guess this time the reason I got hospitalized was so I could discover the resources to get better and have the determination to help myself and others. 

Here are 7 things I learned while staying in the hospital:

1. You have to put yourself first sometimes. 2. Rough times reveal the people who care about you the most. 3. There is nothing in this world you cannot get through. 4. Being healthy, physically and mentally, is the most important thing the world. 5. Every person should learn , in a systematic way, how to deal with stress. 6. Mental health is health. 7. Recovery is a process not a result.

Stay strong!