Your trigger isn't real....

Triggers are a part of life for some of us...we have a past traumatic stress that haunts us and for the most part we learn to cope, live and move on...then out of the blue, smack bang! Something will set us off. 

It can literally send us so far back into panic mode that we lose all sense of reality back into a world that's not real anymore and it can be so easy to become lost in that memory.
This is a trigger!

But a trigger is not the thing that happened; it is just that, a memory. Nothing more!
For most of us the initial trauma is usually something that was out of our control & the mental scars are something we have to learn to deal with.
Our triggers however only have as much power as we are willing to give them.
Take back the control as hard as that is.
Don't feed it....hang onto reality really tightly now, use what you can see, touch, smell, feel...until the moment passes, & it will!

If you only learn one thing today it is this...
Your trigger isn't real. Your trigger isn't real. Your trigger isn't real! 

Peace & Love

Mental Health Awareness.

When you struggle with mental health sometimes sharing your story can be really helpful to others that can relate but I believe the focus should be on what you do to overcome these moments, how you actively achieve stability? What techniques you use? 

Those who have battled it and come out the other side know how important it is to take on the responsibility for your own mental health.

We should be emphasising & encouraging progress and change.
We all have a story to share but achieving the end result should be what we focus on the most; How to get to a better head space.

Please share your mental health stories but make them uplifting, empower and encourage others with your words.
Help build strength and resilience.
The mindset needs to change otherwise are we not all just feeding off one another's negativity? Playing into the illness that can consume us;
All that does is help the dark cloud that hangs above us to get bigger & bigger....when we should be trying to help ourselves grow.
The aim should be diminishing the black cloud not feeding it.

If someone's story inspires you...follow their lead, lift the darkness that surrounds you.
But you have to be an active and willing participant.
The only thing stopping you...is you!

Talk about how you feel and why, get it out, that is essential but listen to how others achieve recovery....think about it, be mindful, focus on what you can do, not what you think you can't.
Educate yourself and others, about your particular illness, build a good & reliable support network, and then find ways to deal with it.
This is one of the most important steps to recovery for any mental illness. You have to work at it!

Can we not give our support and sympathy as well as teach, listen & learn? Don't feed it. Acknowledge & validate someone’s feelings always but then ask them; what is something good they may have done for themselves today?
Then maybe make some suggestions.

I believe we give mental illness too much power over ourselves and we need to stop.
It's not easy, it doesn't happen overnight but building up resilience to anything is never a quick fix....this is no different.
Raising awareness & helping people live a normal life should include finding solutions.
Treat your mental illness like any other illness you may get stuck with, take responsibility for it, set up plan of action and tackle it head on!
Don't live your symptoms, combat them!

Contribute so that others can build their strength too!
The take away questions here are....what can I do for myself, what do I need to do to achieve it?
Make a list! 

That's what I want to see when I see things about raising awareness, that's what I want you to think about!