Everyone needs help sometimes. So through my employee assistance program at work, I was able to connect with a counselor from the counseling service BetterHelp. I am working on some things that I have been putting aside for a while. My counselor and I had our first session today, and I am looking forward to our future meetings.
Mental health is important, and being able to engage with a professional to help me sort through the stuff going on my heart and in my head. I am hoping for some resolution and healing as we go along. There is no shame in finding help.
Today, I went through my YouTube and Podcast feeds and unsubscribed from all the political influencers I was following. In the wake of the election results here in the United States, I felt like I needed a break from it all. Now is the time to cleanse the palate, brain, and heart of it all. Most times I would say don’t bury your head in the sand but this is an exception. Sometime someday I will return to them but staying fixated on it all isn’t mentally healthy. Just a word of advice to all of you considering doing the same.
As a believer in Jesus, I love this. Jesus will walk you through things and I think he will help you by sending people who can help you get through things. Mental health impacts everyone no matter their faith. His people are slow to figure all this out like in many things.
There is a lot of stuff going on in the world today. The same could be said about our personal lives. Mental health is important and vital. For too long it was stigmatized. Lately it’s been a subject of focus because mental and physical health are connected. If you need help, get help. No need in suffering alone when you don’t have to. Your mental health should matter because it impacts more than just yourself.
Thank you for your concern about me. I get blue this time of year. It will pass sooner rather than later I hope. I appreciate you for giving me the space to feel sadness and joy equally.
My friends it’s very human to be emotional. I hope you will be free to show that emotion. To the dudes out there I encourage you to be vulnerable and allow yourself to visit with things that make you feel whatever you need to feel. It’s more than OK my dudes to feel emotion.
Too many of us push stuff down and that includes me. During this holiday season let your guard down and do what you need to do in order to have a balanced life that includes emotions and expressions of such. Love and peace to you all.
Mental health matters for everyone especially for men.
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