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Authenticity, the way to healing? What do you think?
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When I look back on my life, I think of how often I roamed through the world hiding my true self. For years, I just hid, doing what I didn’t want to do. The thing that held me in place? Fear. But maybe it’s deeper than that, I think when I was younger, I believed that my passions were little more than pipe dreams, not something worth chasing.

For far too long I allowed my thoughts to consume me over how people viewed me. Moreover, I grew up with a whole host of socially scripted narratives; expectations of who I was supposed to be and how I was expected to carry myself.

In my view, this is a flawed way to think. Even so, we continue to lay the groundwork for how we expect the next generation to conduct themselves. For example, there is a lot of pressure to go to college, get a good job and so on. If one just follows this well-worn path, they will find happiness. But is trampling down the same street as everyone else really the answer for everyone?

Follow your own way

Sure, there are undoubtedly many who find fulfillment while subscribing to this traditional and predetermined way forward; but for those who have a deep urging for something different, their way forward seems forced.

Could it be possible that if people were free to go their own way, that mental illness could be alleviated? Could authenticity be the way to healing?

I am of the option that it just might. When we go against the grain of what we really want out of life, whether it be a career choice or a way of being, if denied, it could produce anxiety. What’s more, eventually those of us who don’t fit the standard box, may become depressed.

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If this sounds like you, could releasing your authenticity be the way to healing for you? Could giving yourself permission to be the real you, the one hiding just below the surface be your way to happiness?

Your own road to mental wellness may very well be the road of going your own way. So, you do the real you and do what your heart is aching for, you may just find the fog of mental illness start to lift.

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In order to truly know how mentally well I feel, I must get out and start testing the familiar waters
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As the depression

is defeated by a good night’s slumber, I finally feel mentally well

enough to start testing the waters. So, yesterday I made arrangements with a good friend

to meet in a small café. After the plans were finalized, I decided that I would make it a commitment rather than a simple arrangement.

This mindset works for me because it feels more like a top priority. While meeting a friend is always a top priority for me, sadly, its not always the case for my mental illness.

Self-help techniques when dealing with mental illness

When it came time to meet, I prepared for our plans. I got in my car and anxiously arrived at the destination. Pretty simple to do right? Well, no, on the contrary, it can be daunting. with a dose of I don’t have the mental energy. So, when I arrived for coffee I felt like I had crossed some sort of finish line.

Thinking back on the Muddy Waters of depression

I had slugged along in just a week before, I was proud that I made it, that I ventured inside and had a very enjoyable conversion over a great cup of coffee with a good friend. Celebrating the seemingly small stuff has yielded big gains as I know that I can once again re-enter the world of the busy.

Ways to minimize depression

With that said, I was not stricken with a cure overnight, no miracle had happened that completely set me free from anxiety

, depression

and PTSD

, nor was I expecting that to be the outcome. I know that I am not cured that my fight with mental illness is far from over; nonetheless, I embrace the immediate victory.

I still jumped at every bang and wail of a siren and as a consequence, I disassociated. however, I was able to keep my wits about me long enough to be present and engage in conversion without feeling like I had to run away.

So, try testing the waters on the days you’re feeling mentally well

and celebrate the small victories along the path. Measure success by how far you got on any given task, not on the fact that you may not have made it to your destination or was able to stay long if you did. Mental health conditions

dictate how fast or slow you can go, work within your tolerances, take back your life.