Recovering from mental illness

Help

First, I want to start of by saying, it is okay to admit that you need help. 

It's okay to admit that may not have the ability to fix everything on your own.

It is okay to be vulnerable.

It's okay to admit that you can't handle everything or that you don't know how to handle of everything.

It's okay to know that you are just as strong as you are weak. 

It's okay to ask for help, push for help, or even beg for it if you have to.

Sometimes it scary, because society tells us that we should be able to solve our own problems through sheer will power alone. That we should be able to remove the very heavy rock of emotional pain, trauma, and disorders through a couple of motivational phrases. The thing is sometimes they world doesn't work like that. Some people can move that rock on their own, but others my need tools or other people to help them push it off their backs. It okay if your one of those people. 

It's okay if you need medication.

It's okay if you need therapy.

It's okay if you need to go to a mental asylum or institution.

It' s okay if you need to call the Suicide Hotline.

And it's okay if you have to do these more that once in the lifetime. If you have to persist to get help, even if the first attempt (like therapy) to get better doesn't go as well as you thought. 

They were made for a reason. And if there are scary conspiracies about them, they were made to help.

Admitting you need help is scary- it's hard.  I was scared to admit that I was overwhelmed with my sadness and anger. I was nervous and frightened before going to therapy. I was ashamed when I asked my friends to put my painkillers in their room for safe keeping from me abusing them.

It's okay if you let  your friends and family to understand that you need help, as long as it doesn't endanger you physically and emotionally. Sometimes you need family friends who know what's going on. You may need their support  or just provide an explanation for your ill behaviors. 

Don't be ashamed that you may have to call a Suicide Hotline, contact a family member or friend, or the police when you don't know to keep from falling from the edge.

You're the only person who can make your mental health top priority, and it's okay if it's intimidating to do that sometimes, but eventually you may have to do it- you may have to get help- and that is absolutely 100% okay to do.

You are lovely! And with the right help, it can get better!

I will update soon!