Living In Survival Mode: For most of my life, I didn’t realize I was living in survival mode. I thought the way I felt, the way I reacted, and the way I lived was normal. But as I got older, I started to notice something wasn’t right. I wasn’t happy…
Why I Started Writing Again When I was younger, I used to keep a journal. I wrote in it almost every day. Writing became my escape. It was something I loved without even realizing how important it was to me at the time. I used to sit in a small…
Why I Quit Social Media for My Mental Health Over the past few years, I began to notice that social media was making my anxiety worse instead of helping me. My feed was full of negative people arguing back and forth, misinformation, scams using AI or other antics people fall…
It’s Been Awhile: I haven’t written a blog post in a long time—about a year or more, to be exact. It’s not because I didn’t want to, but because I’ve been dealing with mental health challenges and perimenopause. I’ve been trying to heal myself, and in the process, I stopped…
Resilience is the capacity to recover from adversity and adjust to change. For preserving mental health and fitness, it is a crucial ability. The following are some essential ideas about developing resilience: 1. Recognizing and accepting emotions: The first step in developing resilience is to recognize and accept all of…