I, and I know a lot of adults in my life would agree, am a very introspective and reflective person. My resting state is one of change, of always seeing where I am, and where I think I should be. When I see something in someone else that I think I want to develop in myself, I typically do. However, this doesn’t seem to translate when it comes to mental health. The adults that I am close to all seem to have a good sense of how to take care of themselves. Self care is never easy, but they seem to have it figured out, or at least enough so that their mental health doesn’t incapacitate them. I know that my self care is going to need to be more than just yoga or travelling, but what I want to develop from others in myself, is the desire to put that time aside to take care of myself. I’m arguably getting better at realizing when I’ve reached my breaking point, but I still struggle with letting it go at that point. I don’t say give up, because it doesn’t mean that I can never do something that pushes me past my limits, it means it’s not what I need right now. I need to learn balance. The lack of balance in any part of my life has been my undoing on so many levels, but it is now my task to correct this. I’m taking baby steps, going to the gym, knowing my coping mechanisms, using art to heal, but it’s definitely something I am not a “high achiever” at, but then again, I think it’d be good for me to stop striving for being “good” at everything.
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