Hello everyone! It has certainly been a while since I posted anything, unfortunately school got hectic, I hit a depression and now I am finally back to post! During my time away from the blog I hit this depression mostly because I gained weight and am bigger than I have ever been. I couldn’t accept it and it was hard to stay motivated to do my routine workouts. Then I made a new friend, and it encouraged me to start up my workouts again with her and we did for a few weeks, unfortunately she has gotten too busy to do it with me and I felt discouraged again.
But, a couple weeks of not working out made me feel worse. (I even had stopped doing my other routines which have made me feel out of control.) For some reason though, today I just realized how ready I am to get myself where I need to be. One of the biggest challenges of sticking with routines is discipline. The discipline to continue to follow through. I lost that during my depressive episode, and that felt devastating because I have always had the discipline to do what I need to do, I’ve had to for my children, I’ve had to for my mental health. Discipline is so important when you lose your motivation to do things, sometimes it has been the only thing keeping me together.
Truly just reflecting on myself and what I want out of life is what has prompted me to come back and make myself crawl out of that depression. Being able to reflect on who you are and why you are doing what you are doing is a great way to get that discipline back. Things don’t just happen; it takes action to make things happen. And realizing what actions you need to take then following through.
Which brings us up to today, starting with taking action on this blog. I started this to help people because of my father. It gave me an outlet to cope with his death. While it is unfortunate that I had such a lapse on posting, I would prefer to focus on the future of this blog and helping anyone that I can while I do. I have added another category, which is lifestyle. It is my opinion that mental health and lifestyle go well together because living with mental illnesses means living a different lifestyle than others. Having a healthy lifestyle, however, can contribute to better mental health, while it won’t get rid of mental illnesses there are ways to do better and feel better. I’ve given tips in previous posts and touched on ways to cope but this will open the door for more.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out about any topics you would like me to post about!
All the best,
~TKNott~
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