I couldn’t post yesterday, not because I forgot to, I was just dealing with a bad anxiety attack. Which made me think of talking about this topic for today.

Taking care of your mental health is probably the most important thing a person could ever to in their life time. I would’ve never expected it to be such an important essential, but after facing some events last year it opened my eyes to not only how I was expressing my emotions on the outside but to also how I wasn’t expressing what I had on the inside.

A person can only tell you so much, and be there for you but only you yourself can take the step to taking care of yourself. I admit I was freaked out when I realized I needed to work on my own mental health, because only being 20 years old you wouldn’t expect that’s something you need to do in order to feel like yourself again. At any age this could happen.

Unfortunately I don’t really like to express my feelings to anyone, it’s even hard sometimes to tell my family, and evening trying to type an e-mail to my family who don’t live here is also a struggle sometimes but when I finally started opening up more I started to feel less and less pressure on me. What was changing me was keeping everything in, like a jar for example, and slowly as I would open the lid the pressure inside would release. That release were my steps closer to my own healing.

Just because you may face challenges, that doesn’t mean anything at all, and it doesn’t change who you are. There will only ever be one you, and you need to take care of you. As always, don’t be ashamed of telling your story because it will inspire others to tell there own, and guide them through the bumpy roads they may come across.