Mental Monday!

How far are you willing to go, to get your peace of mind?

Welcome to another Monday, another time to examine ourselves, take stock of ourselves and ask life altering questions in pursuit of our Mental health.

Depression is our focus of the week, with the question, How far are you willing to go, to get your peace of mind? serving as our tour guide throughout today’s article. A lot of us are depressed and in situations we feel are drowning us ever more.

So we begin to lose our passion for life, honestly what’s the point of trying when this life isn’t really mine to act as I please or fall in love or answer adventures call? So we over sleep, or fear grips us so bad we don’t even sleep. But we zombie away through the day and because we are all just “being polite” we watch each other through the safe sanctuary of space.

When what was once our entire reason for living, burns in the unpredictable flames of life, what do we do?

Depression isn’t pretty, you can’t dress it up nicely to fit what the mould should be. Depression is the point when life is fun and all but there isn’t a reason we can convince ourselves with as to why we are alive. These are more than just passing questions, these are entire plot twists lived on the journey that is life.

Times we’ve felt completely alone, that was 10 years ago, but today surrounded by so much cheer and goodwill we still feel alone. We’ve been built on loneliness we fail to truly enjoy the flawed presence of others. Always using the same, people screw me over, excuse because that’s the wall we’ve designed ourselves to recognize. So sometimes we can’t appreciate the gifts because the past has taught us one less, it’s been never to forget.

And I don’t forget so now I’m depressed because I know I’m the problem, if it’s not always them, then that means it must be me sometimes. Yes, that is true and as flawed beings it’s okay to give yourself a healthy break from the grand expectations we have created for ourselves. It’s okay to be the problem, healthy even, for if we know it all then one cannot learn and if one cannot learn then its as if we had died and seized to exist.

We can all sit here, read this article and claim we know what another person should do or be, but until you’re actually them. Walking in their literal shoes would we then understand, that each persons path is different. Not understanding who we are as individuals is one cause of depression, it might not be clinically approved cause but nonetheless it is a cause.

For when you are unclear of who you are, anybody can put you in situations that you excel. But a confused and unhappy state shall descend eventually. For when its who you are, the decision doesn’t need to work it just has to honour your truth and you will awake each day on the hunt for life as the enthusiasm of taking control of your world fully sinks in.

We are depressed, we just want to sleep, or not sleep. We don’t want to eat and the things we loved the most in life no longer give us a reason to wake up. This is one of the worst places to ever discover ourself, where life and living feel like a job. Because it’s usually at this point when we start asking ourselves, Is this all there is to life?

Plenty fail to understand how troubled the mind can become and some actually take this for granted because they are strong, strength is about taking care of the mind, body and soul. Not putting the mind at stress while the body goes to the gym and the soul feeds on distractions.

Depression usually leads people to dying by the act of suicide at a rate of 1 person every 40 seconds. Life is precious and abundantly special but I also know life sometimes feels like a special room of hell was opened for us. Trust me life doesn’t get easier per say but the beauty of life becomes evident and life becomes worth living again.

How far are you willing to go, to get your peace of mind?

Until next Monday take care of yourselves and watch how your world affects your mind. Depression is hard to deal with but you are not alone, until next week, love and light move with us all as we continuously navigate through life.