Coping with a Mental Health Condition

Honoring and taking time to document my happiness. It’s hard enough to remember being happy on my own. So I take extra pains to journal about it, photograph it, and take video of times and places where I feel happy. I remind myself that my feelings aren’t always truth. But I honor my feelings anyway, and try let myself have them.

What helps me the most is exercising. I feel it helps me let go of the thoughts that are bothering me. Personally, I go for a run every morning which helps me start the morning with positive energies and release the thoughts that overwhelm me mostly at night.

For me, finding beauty is key. Music, drawing, crocheting, caring for animals and plants, taking a walk in nature or watching my favourite shows. These things don’t always fix the feelings, but they make life a little more tolerable, and offer a spark of happiness in the generally dark times.