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The costs of mental health care were always a struggle while I was raising children. It really meant I only had minimum until last few years. It was far from ideal.
Its important you are following your creative bent. The struggle between knowing how much to budget on creative things and MH things is a juggling act, but dont neglect your creative side, as that is one of the best ways through the miasma ... of mental health struggles ...
Ha ha .. other things we both have in common. I found yourng primary school kids really responded to guitar in Catechism classes. I could actually sing and play for them without inhibition as they were so innocent and gorgeous. I was about 14. Yes I would choke up with embarrassment in other singing situations ... but thank you for reminding me of that year at St Theresa's ... I had almost forgotten ... probably another reason why I have my goofy do goody side ...
FOr a very long time I did not have any postive experiences and it took a lot of repeated effort to gently bring my thoughts into a more positive mindset. The best image I have is like water eroding cliffs and rocks ... it is a definite reality but almost imperceptible while it is happening ....
How to even find things that might bring me some joy ...I was very locked into a masochist self harming .... state... to get out of it ...after I had gone through a lot of my grieving .... I would try going against the grain sometimes ... to see if I liked something ... eg dance wildly on a dance floor .... or join a gym ... I had to get over a lot of self sabotage .... the gym ... became something I stuck with for 8 years as it had beneficial effects on my back and spine ....
Do more of what you want in life .... Keep a look out ... for ideas ... that might work for you ...cos lets face it ... sometimes we block ourselves .... but keep it as a self-nurturing thought ...
The MH services dont need to give you permission ... I had to get over that stuff too ... as I had an institutionalised mentality ... and often need permission ... to do ...
Take care all on this thread.
Hope you have a good day. Gotta fly.
Yeah @eudemonism Its got to be what relevant for you.
I had in my head that I was not a gym type ... ra ra ra and all that positive hype ... turned me off ... but in the end it offered me health positives that made a huge difference ... I learned a lot about exercise and my body ....and I learned to relate a bit to people that I did not normally relate with.
I feel happier doing exercise while I am volunteering at the zoo and being active ... that is more type of personality ... but I would not have gotten there without the rehab exercises and specific feedback of doing different exercises that the gym machines provide. I still run into my old gym manager ... friendly like.
Part of it is reaching out @eudemonism
but the best way I got a handle on my negative thoughts and Suicidal tendencies was to HAVE GOOD things happen in my life. It took a long time for feel good thoughts to really take hold, as I would go into super fear ... that it was a hoax or I did not really deserve it ... or other self defeating things ...
HOw is dog? and your photography?
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