Mental health should be a priority

I want to be as vulnerable as I can to provide a safe space for my readers to be themselves and find some comfort in their discomfort.

Last year when I started experiencing severe anxiety I did not much about the topic until I went to therapy after 7 months.

At first I just thought I was driving insane, and I felt like I could not tell anyone because I was afraid of what they would think about me.

Seven months passed and I would have bad, and good days, mostly bad days, and I did not ask for help because I live in a culture where going to therapy and having anxiety or depression seems like a weakness and not like a health condition.

It was not until one night that I had a breakdown and I could not sleep that I talked to my dad about what I was going through. It took me seven months.

When I started going to therapy it was hard at first because I was not used to talk about my feelings, fears and anxieties.

When I went to therapy I got diagnosed with a fear obsession and severe anxiety.

Humans are complex and sometimes things like this happen to us, and since we do not understand why we prefer to stay quiet.

But this should not be the case. Talking about it helps, therapy helps, and accepting what you are going through helps a lot because once you accept what you are going through, you recognize you need help and there is nothing wrong with that.

After 13 months, I’m learning to control my anxiety and I finally feel like myself again. Sometimes I’m even afraid of saying that I’m doing better because anxiety and despair hit you out of nowhere sometimes.

I want to encourage everyone to be compassionate with themselves, and look for help if they need it.

Sometimes our brains do funky things that we do not understand, and therefore we think we are driving insane. This happened to me and it took me to a very dark place in life for 7 months.

By sharing my story I hope people find acceptance and compassion for their own problems.

We are all humans and we are just trying to figure it out. Never be afraid of talking about your problems.

I used to be afraid about talking about my issues, but thanks to that night that I talked to my dad, I went to therapy and then started working on them.

By normalizing sharing about our mental health with others we can help each other and become a strong support system for each other.

Let’s create a culture where the cool thing to do is accept what everyone goes through and try to help each other.