Are you worried about your mental health? Especially in this midst of pandemic?
It's good to know about our mental health conditions. Learning about developing symptoms, or early warning signs, and taking action can help. Early intervention can help reduce the severity of an illness.
Two years ago, I experienced these signs and symptoms and made me realize that I need to find help from a mental health professional.
Sleep Problems — For almost two months I couldn't sleep well. I felt difficult to sleep and after I slept it was really difficult to wake up. Even when I could sleep I didn't have good quality sleep.
Appetite Changes — That time I lost my appetite. I didn't feel hungry or want to eat. For almost two months I couldn't eat well and it made me lost weight also.
Always Feel Tired or Lack of Energy — It's one of the sign that made me sure that there is something wrong with me. Those time I remembered even when I just woke up in the morning I already felt tired. For the whole day, I felt so tired and weak even I have slept or rest. Until I felt so tired of feeling tired. It cause difficulty on focus and thinking also and drop my productivity at work.
Extrim mood-changing — My mood easily got changed that time. It was more than I experienced before. My mood and feeling was like roller coaster. It could change from feeling so depressed and then feel so excited without any reason. Feeling this kind of changing was so tiring.
Feeling Depressed and Disconnected — Without any clear reason suddenly after I got home from work, I just laid on the bed, then crying, I felt so sad, depressed and down. It was like I stuck in the darkness and I couldn't get out from there. My mind full of negative thinking, many bad and sad things. I felt that I didn't want to get outside and meet other people. It often happened in those 2 months, two years ago.
So, these are some signs and symptoms I experience two years ago. After I experienced those things, I met a psychologist and psychiatrist and after several meeting and consoul, I was diagnosed by Bipolar Disorder mixed type. I was shock that time but I felt happy because at least I know what happen with me and I can do something to feel better and heal.
So since that day my healing journey begun.
This month especially we will celebrate World Mental Health Day on 10th October, so I write this to spread mental health awareness. I am not feeling shy about my illness, because by sharing this I wish some people outside there will get help and hope.
Two years ago I felt so confused about what I experienced. I am grateful for some people who share about mental health and tried to encourage me to talk to a mental health professional.
So, if you are experiencing those signs or it can be different also for each person, or may be you feel uncomfortable and well, feel so different and it's like something wrong happen to you, please try to be open and find help from professional as early as you can.
Trust me that you can get help and feel better and heal. You are not alone and it's okay if you're not okay now.
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