The Genteel Flower (Yutang Bulahan Series #5)

TGF - 33

THE CONFIRMATION.

Mental health matters... it really matters.

Taking care of our mental health is like taking care of our physical health. If we can do the over-all check up of our physical health, to see if something is wrong with our own health, why can't we do it with our mental health? Why are we afraid to see someone who's capable of helping you understand your own mental health?

Are we afraid to be judged?

Are we afraid of the monetary fees?

Are we afraid to really talk with someone?

Are we afraid to discover what lies behind our own thinking?

Are we afraid of the circumstances?

Are we afraid to be labeled as something we can't accept?

What are we really afraid of?

Our own thinking? Yes, maybe. We should be afraid of our own thinking. Because we can't estimate where this thinking could lead us to. Maybe to the unknown, maybe to the place you can't really accept of, maybe to someone you thought is good for you.

Likas na sa mga pinoy ang pagiging resilient sa lahat ng bagay. May it in calamity, challenges in life, poverties, and other problems. Sanay tayong lahat na harapin ang problema with a wide smile and a positive perception ahead of us. Sanay na sanay na tayo na sa tuwing madadaanan ng problema, iisipin na agad din itong maso-solusyonan at malulusutan.

But if you carry this burden until the end, being resilient forever and ever, it will sum up into a huge amount of burden that will soon overflow and can't be handled when time comes.

The more you smile during a problem, the more it hurts inside.

You need a catalyst on that. You need someone to talk to with your problems. It's really fine to cry. You can cry a lot. You can cry less. You can shout. You can feel anything. Just let it out.

And that's the purpose of mental health advocates in the world. They exist to be the one you can talk to when problems come. The exist to help you. They exist to guide you. It doesn't mean na kapag nakipag-usap ka sa isang Psychologist or Psychiatrist ay automatic na may sakit ka na sa pag-iisip. There are certain tests and procedures bago mo sabihing may sakit ka sa pag-iisip. It also doesn't mean na kapag napunta na ang anak mo sa Guidance Office at pinatawag ng kanilang School's Guidance Counselor ay may kasalanan na ang anak mo. It doesn't work that way. Please, people, stop that stigma. We need to educate our minds from time to time.

Kasing importante ng mga doctor sa ating katawan ang mga Psychiatrists, Psychologists, at lahat ng mental health advocates. They exist for a particular reason. They're here for our mental health. They are here to keep our mental healthy.

Because mental health matters. We need our mind to be at ease. We need our mind to be healthy as possible.

Pero paano kung ang katulad kong mental health advocate, shock absorber ng lahat ng problema ng kaniyang mga empleyado, listener ng mga taong nasa paligid niya, ay humarap sa isang problema na hinding-hindi niya kakayanin?

Paano kung ang isang katulad ko na advocate ng anti-toxic relationship ay humarap sa isang napaka-toxic na relasyon?

Sinong aasahan ko? Sinong makikinig sa akin? Sinong sasandalan ko sa lahat ng ito?

Sarili ko lang ba? Kaya ko bang saluhin ang sarili ko gaya ng akala ng iba na por que't mental health advocate ka ay kayang-kaya mo nang ayusin ang sarili mo? Kaya ko ba? Will I prove them right? Will I prove them wrong?