Our lives are shaped by the decisions we make. The better we are at analyzing outcomes and making solid decisions the better our lives will become. But the best decision is by far the decision to commit to making mental and physical wellness a priority in one’s life. Money can buy things, and it can even provide a higher standard of living, but one does not need money to make mental health a priority.
Things like getting enough sleep, drinking enough water during the day, getting outside and exercising, and eating a balanced wholefoods vegetarian diet are all things that most of us can do if we really want to. In later blog posts I will go deeper in detail on these topics and many more, but for now I want to focus on some simple things we can do to increase the quality of our lives.
Ask Questions. This is so helpful when we don’t have all the answers. None of us know everything. Even Doctors don’t; they are constantly learning and discovering new things. If we commit to being life long learners and continue to ask questions we will improve our knowing and our decision making skills.
Take advice from others who know us best. When the veil of illusion is over our perception we need to surrender our ego and listen. This is easy to say, but very hard to do sometimes. When there is a scale over my eyes and I cannot see the fact that I am in a mental shift, this is precisely the time I need someone else’s perspective. It’s also the hardest time to reach out and ask for it, because the illusion makes it appear that “I am right”. But if we can get over ourselves and acknowledge our error, we will likely snap out of our fog and start to see things clearly again.
Watch out for toxic people. Even though we should take advice from others who know us best and care about us, we must be vigilant that we are not taking advice from toxic people with their own ulterior motives and hidden agendas. Many of us who suffer from mental illness have had some history of being influenced by toxic people. It may even be part of the reason why we developed an illness. If you are consciously aware that you are being manipulated it is best find a strategy to cope with this issue. For me, being raised by a narcissist and an alcoholic I have found that going “No Contact” after becoming an independent adult was the best and only way I could protect my sanity.
In Conclusion. Our mental health is our greatest wealth. Without it the quality of our lives suffers in proportion to the pain of the illness. But by making a decision to commit to making mental health a priority we set the foundation upon which to build a beautiful life. Having a mental illness is like stepping outside the matrix of pseudo reality and into the real world; full of emotional ups and downs, internal pain and joyous elation. It takes tremendous courage to fight for one’s sanity, but it is our only option. We must struggle until we overcome. This is the purpose of this blog; to reach you where you are on your journey to wholeness and guide you to victory, to mastering mental health.
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Mentally Sound 