Hello friends, This will be a bit of an odd, rambling post so please bear with me. Mental and emotional health seems to be one of those aspects of our lives that we pay the least amount of attention. This aspect is easily one of the most integral ones though. I always sort of assume that anyone who knows me knows that they can talk to me without fear of judgement, but I shouldnt assume that. So here is my list of things you can always ask of me with absolutely no hesitation, just to make everything clear: 1) If you need someone to talk to, about any topic that is bothering you, you can ALWAYS talk to me. I will listen. If you would like feedback/advice, I will provide it. If you dont, then I will stay quiet. 2) Hugs are always free. You can say to me I need a hug and you will get one. No need to explain why you need one. 3) You can confess things to me. I will be 100% confidential about it (something about short-term memory haha). Chances are I will have thought/done the exact same thing or something similar. Theres quite a few things in my life that were big mistakes or that Im still a bit ashamed of to this day, but if my sharing this information with you will help you come to terms with your situation, I will do it. Its okay. 4) If you need help, I will do my best to assist. If I cannot do it myself, I might be able to find someone who can, or who has better understand of that situation because theyve had personal experience with it, or something. There is always something we can do. 5) If you just want to take your mind off things, lets hang. Seriously. Whatever you would like to do, or if you want me to come up with it, I can do that too! Dont be afraid to reach out. I know its scary - you might worry about the burden that youre putting on the other person (yup, Ive thought this before), or maybe they might reject you (yup, this too), or think badly of you (thats such an easy thing! why can you handle it? shut up brain), or whatever. The reality though is EVERYONE has the same fears, and its because we have the same fears that it is even more important to reach out. No one is a mind reader. If we dont reach out, we might lose someone in the process. Thanks for reading to the end. If you feel comfortable, I encourage you to write your own version of this post.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 05:45:49 +0000
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