SOS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS and SURVIVAL

SOS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS and SURVIVAL Please note this is my personal thoughts and feelings on how i deal with life after a breakdown/depression. If you are suffering for the 1st time with depression seek medical help! DO NOT SELF MEDICATE WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL!  Number 1 Discovery   Doctors and psychologists only seem to treat the CHEMICAL IMBALANCE!    YOU NEED TO SEARCH FOR THE SOLUTIONS TO YOUR OWN LIFE THEY ARE WITHIN YOU! When coming through a crisis or breakdown that is you mind and body telling you to STOP  STOP whatever your doing FOCUS on YOURSELF!  FORGET WORK and "non essential commitments"!  The most important thing is getting yourself well You need to RETHINK YOUR LIFE!  Think of the things that led you to become ill!   Think about changing behaviour,  YOUR MIND HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE!   ITS IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT TO CHANGE ADAPT AND FIND SOLUTIONS   THAT CREATIVE POWER IS IN ALL OF US! ITS HOW WE HAVE EVOLVED INTO WHAT WE ARE   TODAY (THE HUMAN RACE)! The secret to happiness? Strip everything in your mind away for a moment,   If you were on a desert island and had water and food what would you need to survive! No man or woman  is an island! (FOCUS ON WHAT YOU HAVE NOW, TRY NOT TO PURSUE THINGS BECAUSE OF EXPENSIVE  BRAND NAMES) Maslow's hierarchy of needs tells us that our BASIC NEEDS are food, water, shelter! then we look to company/ fellow people/humans. then we look at establishing ourself in a group then once we have achieved our goals we become self actualised If we are lucky to have good family support then your halfway there we need good supportive friends Any friend that puts you down consider what benefit they are to your life! So hopefully we have good family and friends? Steps to progress! REMEMBER A TIME WHEN YOU WERE HAPPY, IT COULD BE YEARS AGO! TRY AND DISCOVER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT MAKES YOU……..YOU! Music creating music, positive work, the internet, social media, talking to people,  films the outdoors the beach are mine! TRY AND PERSUE A HOBBY OR INTEREST THAT YOU LOVE!  It could be a group thing or a solo pursuit it doesn't matter what it is! (legal of course) Find things that make you laugh! Comedies YOU TUBE, films, programmes, any thing on TV  with a negative/ depressing subject matter AVOID WHILE IN RECOVERY create something, remember when you was a child what did you enjoy(hopefully you had a good childhood) plastacine lego etc drawing needle work cooking etc,  WHAT CARTOONS/TV PROGRAMMES DO/DID YOU LIKE THAT YOU USED TO LOVE!(when a child) set a goal to achieve! Think! and make steps of how to achieve it! (whats acheivable VISUALISE IT) Films to watch  shawshank redemption rocky (metafor for survival for life) List your favourite, films, music, art, list all the things that are import to you that make YOU …..YOU! keep the list to yourself! Every day is a new day, yesterday is gone you can change the past  This is the BEST THING IVE LEARNED! Its for people with addition problems but its helped me a lot (I never have had addition problems) SERENITY PRAYER (believer in GOD/HIGHER POWER VERSION) God/higher power  grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;  courage to change the things I can;  and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time;  enjoying one moment at a time;  accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;  taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;  trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;  that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERENITY PRAYER NON BELIVER VERSION Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;  courage to change the things I can;  and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time;  enjoying one moment at a time;  accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;  Every Day is a new day, savour every simple good thing from your first cup of tea in the morning feel and sense everything, monitor how you are/feel  do things that make you happy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "LIVE IN THE MOMENT"! Enjoy the sun ( the ENVIRONMENT, THE OUTDOORS) Enjoy THE RAIN your indoors in the warm(hopefully) Take time our for YOURSELF, DO THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY!,  ON YOU OWN OR WITH WITH GOOD FRIENDS AND FAMILY,  TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM HELP OTHER PEOPLE, TRY AND DO SOME GOOD WHEREVER POSSIBLE EVERY DAY! THE SMALLEST THINGS MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP! GIVE OF YOURSELF, EXPECT NOTHING BACK! GO OUTDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSBLE, WALK TO THE SHOPS, BEACH,  WALK AROUND TOWN HAVE A COFFEE/ TEA OR MEAL ON YOUR OWN OR WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK (NOT A JOB) Whatever you DO to earn a living enjoy it, if not search for what you would do if you didnt need money? and DO IT! If you love what you do you WILL NEVER WORK AGAIN! Also try and find something for to do around the house, garage or shed WORK GIVES YOU REWARD FEELINGS AND NATURAL  CHEMICALS GET RELEASED(with physical work) So thats just a few tips to help you on your road to recovery YOU ARE THE DRIVER OF YOUR OWN LIFE,YOU HAVE ONE LIFE!  LIVE IT! Huw Bevan