Mental health encompasses so many things including depression, anxiety and so on. Unlike a broken bone, strained muscle or other disease it is easy to ignore or not realise that it is affecting you.
Personally I had a point about 20 years ago after various things had happened that I woke up one Monday morning and just could not face work or anything else. My sleep patterns had been screwed and various other symptoms were obvious to everyone else but me. Also, nobody else mentioned it either!
I went to the doctor and was advised to go swimming! I got home and felt let down and fobbed off. I phoned up and got to see a different doctor. He was great. I ended up on Prozac for a while and also had some therapy sessions. The Prozac did help settle things down but the therapy and counselling helped to understand triggers and how to deal with them. He also suggested using relaxation tapes (yes it was real cassette tapes then) and they do help to give you some time to concentrate on yourself and relax.
It took awhile but things eventually got back to balance. I now understand that we can all have days where you wake up and feel like shite for no apparent reason. That doesn't mean that the depression is back it really is just a bad day. I still use relaxation 'tapes' occasionally if I have trouble sleeping after travelling.
The main thing is that we get lots of pressure from all sorts of directions, work, relationship, health concerns, financial pressures etc. It doesn't matter what age you are either - old and young can be affected. We don't always realise the effect that it can have on us so it is something to bear in mind. If you do think you have mental health issues go and get help as it can change your life for the better. Also confiding with people helps to let people close to you support and understand too.
Personally I had a point about 20 years ago after various things had happened that I woke up one Monday morning and just could not face work or anything else. My sleep patterns had been screwed and various other symptoms were obvious to everyone else but me. Also, nobody else mentioned it either!
I went to the doctor and was advised to go swimming! I got home and felt let down and fobbed off. I phoned up and got to see a different doctor. He was great. I ended up on Prozac for a while and also had some therapy sessions. The Prozac did help settle things down but the therapy and counselling helped to understand triggers and how to deal with them. He also suggested using relaxation tapes (yes it was real cassette tapes then) and they do help to give you some time to concentrate on yourself and relax.
It took awhile but things eventually got back to balance. I now understand that we can all have days where you wake up and feel like shite for no apparent reason. That doesn't mean that the depression is back it really is just a bad day. I still use relaxation 'tapes' occasionally if I have trouble sleeping after travelling.
The main thing is that we get lots of pressure from all sorts of directions, work, relationship, health concerns, financial pressures etc. It doesn't matter what age you are either - old and young can be affected. We don't always realise the effect that it can have on us so it is something to bear in mind. If you do think you have mental health issues go and get help as it can change your life for the better. Also confiding with people helps to let people close to you support and understand too.