I feel like I keep putting off this post. I feel like it should be profound and insightful. It should help my creative, sexy girlies in this crazy world.
But then again, I really need to get past the fact that not everything needs to be profound and insightful to be ultimately helpful.
So here we go!
The most important things that HELP my mental health are:
- Prioritizing therapy. I was in the middle of a lot of crap when I first began therapy sessions. Divorce. Nervous collapse. Being displaced from my home and a large amount of my personal effects. I was broke. Barely getting by. And my ass got on that sliding scale payment plan, quit all recreational activities, stopped all micro-memberships except Hulu, and I made it. Yup, that means I quit smoking weed too.
Mantra: Doing what needs to be done is not scary.
- Prioritizing myself. It may incite guilty feelings to turn someone or something away, but when you have room for fulfilling people and opportunities, your mental health soars. This mindset keeps you comfortable. This mindset keeps you in your boundaries. Not everyone or everything is meant for you, and you don’t have to do everything to be important.
Mantra: Accepting what I do not want ultimately hurts more than rejecting what I do not want and accepting what I do.
- Staying in-tune. I stay in-tune through various mediums: meditation, sound work, journal and manifestation craft, pagan spellcraft, cooking, isolation tank meditation, card reading, and spiritual study.
Mantra: My inner voice expresses my truest self.
What about things that harm my mental health?
- Putting things off. I learned this in therapy. I force myself to start as many things as I can right away, and I tell myself they don’t have to be to perfection, just complete.
- Allowing others too much access to me. This is a constant balance, I feel, when you create any type of art or have access to lots of other creatives. The internet also makes things feel larger than they really are.
- Excess alcohol. It fucks with my medications (which help my mental health, but like duh 😂).
Always remember, as well. Make sure you’re eating, drinking fluids, and trying to get into a rhythm of sleep. ❤️
Keep on keepin’ on, beautiful strangers!
- KTStrange
@missy @penny @lust
