Having a Mental Illness is hard enough to deal with but there is hope, help, and in the end you will find that everything you battled with help you become a stronger, wiser, and more compassionate person. When I was first diagnosed, I didn't really know what to do, how to get more help, how to deal with having a mental illness and other battles that I was going to face. I was overwhelmed and struggled a lot during my journey and I still struggle day to day.
But, what I have learned is that battling through this has made me realize that the journey to recovery is a hard one and will test you and even push you to your limit but in the end you have to fight. Why? Because each and everyone of you means something in our society, we can learn from each other and the different experiences that we all have. Each of us have different battles that we face and each of us have different ways of dealing with the battles we face.
I went from medication to medication and struggled to find the right one for me because I was still experiencing Anxiety and Panic. I couldn't understand why I was still dealing these struggles because I was told the medication would make me feel less Anxiety and Panic. Some days it was too much to deal with and the medication wasn't working and I was upset and didn't understand. Talking it out didn't help and neither did the therapy techniques help me in the process. In early June, I was finally given Xanax which I had never tried but I was willing to try anything that would help me function more as a human. I have seen a huge difference since being put on Xanax, I haven't experienced much Anxiety and when I do, I'm able to calm down and write down my thoughts and work through them. I have found something that works for me and helps me day to day when battling my demons that cause me to overthink and question everything that I do or have done.
What works for me may not work for someone else. Battling the demons that are inside your mind every day is difficult enough, we need more compassion and more openness from others and especially more understanding that each of us are different and we all struggle. Battling my demons every day is hard enough and some days are more exhausting than others but I pull through because I have a story to tell and I want to be a voice for others. This is why I do what I do.
But, what I have learned is that battling through this has made me realize that the journey to recovery is a hard one and will test you and even push you to your limit but in the end you have to fight. Why? Because each and everyone of you means something in our society, we can learn from each other and the different experiences that we all have. Each of us have different battles that we face and each of us have different ways of dealing with the battles we face.
I went from medication to medication and struggled to find the right one for me because I was still experiencing Anxiety and Panic. I couldn't understand why I was still dealing these struggles because I was told the medication would make me feel less Anxiety and Panic. Some days it was too much to deal with and the medication wasn't working and I was upset and didn't understand. Talking it out didn't help and neither did the therapy techniques help me in the process. In early June, I was finally given Xanax which I had never tried but I was willing to try anything that would help me function more as a human. I have seen a huge difference since being put on Xanax, I haven't experienced much Anxiety and when I do, I'm able to calm down and write down my thoughts and work through them. I have found something that works for me and helps me day to day when battling my demons that cause me to overthink and question everything that I do or have done.
What works for me may not work for someone else. Battling the demons that are inside your mind every day is difficult enough, we need more compassion and more openness from others and especially more understanding that each of us are different and we all struggle. Battling my demons every day is hard enough and some days are more exhausting than others but I pull through because I have a story to tell and I want to be a voice for others. This is why I do what I do.