Lately I have been struggling with my mental health. Over a year ago I realized that I was being controlled by anxiety. I have worked on handling anxiety and often I feel I have it under control. But these last few months I have really struggled with depression, I think. I get these thoughts where I just want to run away. Over and over in my head I think about how motherhood is too hard, how I don't want to clean house anymore, how I would be more happy if I was just alone. These thoughts are not true, but when I am suffering from depression, these thoughts feel very real. I have just had a two week break from these thoughts and it was so nice to have this break. But today they started to creep back in. So I am going to start a mental health challenge. I have done some research on how to be mentally healthy and so I am going to do these things daily and will record how they have helped. Hopefully they will relieve me from these dark clouds that press down on me and will lift this elephant that often feels like he is sitting on my chest. Here are some of the things I want to do to help my mental health:
1. Exercise
2. Meditate, do yoga or tai chi
3. Write in a gratitude journal
4. No sugar in the diet
5. Avoid carbs
6. Say prayers morning, night, and when feeling stressed and read scriptures daily
7. Go for walks in the evenings
8. Read a book when thoughts are racing
9. Work in the yard
10. Spend time in nature
Each day I will try to incorporate a few of these and hopefully I will feel a peace in my life and calmness in my mind.
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