Properly, I’m again! It’s been a number of months, however I’m excited to be writing right here once more. I’ve taken breaks now and again within the seven years since I began this weblog; they’re typically surprising and unscheduled, and I attempt to really feel issues out for the very best time to return. On this case, I knew that I’d have to take just a few months off from writing. On the similar time, I anticipated to be getting again to it once more in 2024, however that turned out to not be the case. And I’m studying that not solely is that okay, but it surely’s to be anticipated if I need to proceed this undertaking for so long as I’m able to achieve this.
After I began My Mind’s Not Damaged, I wished to doc my journey residing with anxiousness and melancholy. I used to be getting higher at managing my signs, however there was nonetheless rather a lot I didn’t perceive. I didn’t perceive the variety of ways in which anxiousness and melancholy impacted me. I didn’t perceive simply how huge the stigma surrounding psychological well being was – a stigma I’ve realized rather a lot about over time. And I didn’t have any thought of the journey that writing would take me on.
One of many essential causes that I take breaks from writing is that I consider I don’t have a lot to say in the intervening time. As time passes, I really feel much more strongly that that is the case. This time, although, was slightly bit totally different. My life has been very busy since August, and I’ve had issue developing with concepts and matters that I believed have been value sharing. Whereas issues have settled since then, I used to be nonetheless struggling to give you put up concepts. However the different day I remembered one thing that, repeatedly, has empowered me each within the psychological well being area, and as a human being.
Developing with concepts for the weblog hasn’t at all times been simple. Oftentimes, I really feel like I’m making issues up as I am going alongside. However there have additionally been instances the place I’ve been in a position to write a number of posts at a time; there have been instances the place the phrases pour out of me, the place I’m very happy to share my perspective with whomever occurs to go to this tiny nook of the Web. And whereas I would like the latter to the previous, each of this stuff are a part of my expertise as a author, a psychological well being advocate, and an individual.
So, like I’ve been doing for the previous seven years, I’m going to jot down what I do know. I’m going to jot down to my expertise, and I’m going to jot down from my very own distinctive perspective. All of us have our personal tales to inform; over time, these tales could shift and alter, however they’re nonetheless ours. I’ve realized rather a lot about myself, and my psychological wholesome, in penning this weblog. However as I’ve written time and time once more, this can be a lifelong journey – one I’m proud to participate in.
But it surely’s not simply my journey that I write about. In keeping with the World Well being Group, one in eight individuals worldwide lives with a psychological well being dysfunction, a quantity that rises by tens of millions yearly. Regardless of all the attention that’s been raised, all of the progress we’ve seen, psychological well being continues to be a big challenge for everybody. We’re all impacted by psychological well being challenges indirectly and extra we ignore it, the more severe issues will get.
So now, I’m not simply writing for myself. I’m writing to boost consciousness; I’m writing to convey hope and pleasure to individuals who may really feel misplaced and alone. I’m writing as a result of psychological well being impacts everybody, and has the facility to affect each side of our lives. The higher we perceive it, the higher we perceive ourselves and one another. We’re stronger collectively, we’re higher collectively, and we’re on this journey collectively. I’m glad to be again, and I hope you’ll be able to be part of me for the journey.
