This topic is bringing back certain funny experiences I had back then in school, though it's related to the topic, but not fully.
My story: before I continue, I wanna ask a quick question "why do our parents know us so well?" Yeah, I know what you want to say right now, "because they are parents and we grew up with them under the same roof, back to my story.
There was this particular day that I hadn't eaten for a little while, and I started feeling feverish and sounding like I was ill. So I decided to put a call through to my mother and tell her how I was feeling at that moment. Mum picked up the call and heard how I was sounding, and the first words she uttered were "how are you doing?".
I replied, "I'm not feeling fine." Then she paused for a while and had to think the whole situation through, and her question was, "Have you eaten?" I said no. Then she said, "Come on, go and eat, it's hunger that is triggering whatever you are feeling in your body," so I obeyed my mother and went to eat. When I finished eating, it was that moment I realized that sometimes we don't need medication, all we need is food to take away all those symptoms of whatever we are feeling.
Often, I tell people that medicine isn't everything; sometimes, we just need to relax and refresh our minds, bodies, souls, and spirits. There was a point in my life when I felt like things weren't working the way I expected them to, and it started affecting my mental health, thereby leading to me avoiding social activities.
I would find myself at home, thinking about things that I can't change without thinking of anyone else or any place to visit. I know my home is my comfort zone, but not when it starts affecting my mental health.
Early part of the year, I don't know what actually happened, but I just found myself falling apart and feeling sick, so one fateful day my friend called me and asked why I hadn't been hanging out with her. So I told her I was sick and couldn't come out.
Then she came to the house and bundled me like a package and we went out to one of our favorite hangout spots. One thing about going out is the fact that I get to see things different from the things that I usually see every day. I felt the cold breeze as it blew my hair. At the moment I felt like that was what I needed.
Immediately, I started feeling the symptoms of sickness draining away slowly, the way it came. So there are certain things in life that medications can't cure. Often it's about our mental health. Sometimes it's about our mood, when we do something exciting or engage in our hobbies it lightens up our mood and makes it feel lively again.
Going back home after the hangout, I realized that was what I needed at that moment in my life, and I'm glad my friend came and kidnapped me for the hangout. And also having the right people in our corner can be medicinal as well.
Thanks for reading 🧡