Today 10/10/2020 is world mental health day, many people around the world suffer from all kinds of mental health issues and you may not even know that they do.
With things like covid and lockdowns unfortunately we will see a surge in mental health issues this year.
See having mental health issues always feels like it is a pretty lonely road for the sufferer even if they have a good support system in place.
All i can do is talk about it from my point of view.
For the last 17 years i have been battling with a diagnosis of treatment resistant paranoid schizophrenia , complex PTSD and OCD.
A combination of meds supplied by the doctors, years of therapy, products i found that help and personal development training is what is working for me.
People that suffer from mental health issues need lots of support especially in the beginning.
A typical day for me is i wake up to multiple voices in my head but it sounds just like voices from outside my head. I have to try and tune it out along with the visual and tactile hallucinations that start soon after.
As soon as i am able to get this under reasonable control, i go make a drink and meditate, this may take several attempts to try and get my hallucinations under control.
I then start applying myself with positive content and take on some personal development for several hours before i am really able to tackle anything.
I then try and do what i can while monitoring my hallucinations, i try and avoid negative situations and people the best i can.
I may have to apply more meditation or anti trigger strategies throughout the day depending on what is happening and what i have to get done or do.
Some days it is just not possible to get control i call these my wipeout days and tend to shut down for the day cause the sensory overload is just too much on these days i may have to take extra medication.
I try to take time to do exercise daily likes walks, push ups and so on as this does help.
I always also take the time to do something chilled that doesn't take up a lot of brain work but i have to be choosey what that is depending on how my day is going.
I am never sympton free there are always some kind of hallucination going on.
I take all my medication at night because i find it very hard to fuction as a human being otherwise if i spread my medication out during the day.
Depending on the type of day i have had dictates if i get any sleep at night or not even with the meds and everything else some nights i simply do not sleep, often more times than not i can go several days with no sleep before i finally crash.
It is very hard to fully paint a picture of what my life is like, but it is not all bad sometimes the hallucinations are funny, a lot of the times i just make jokes about it and most days i manage to make it seem like i am in control.
I have awesome family around me, my wife and children that support me through the tough times.
Anyways that is me and my experience, if you are suffering know you are not alone and if you know someone is suffering reach out to them let them know you care you may save their life or just cheer up their day.
I have a Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentalwealthdomination/
