Ben Thomas World Mental Health Day 2020

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Today 10/10/2020 is world mental health day, many people around the world suffer from all kinds of mental health issues and you may not even know that they do.

With things like covid and lockdowns unfortunately we will see a surge in mental health issues this year.

See having mental health issues always feels like it is a pretty lonely road for the sufferer even if they have a good support system in place.

All i can do is talk about it from my point of view.

For the last 17 years i have been battling with a diagnosis of treatment resistant paranoid schizophrenia , complex PTSD and OCD.

A combination of meds supplied by the doctors, years of therapy, products i found that help and personal development training is what is working for me.

People that suffer from mental health issues need lots of support especially in the beginning.

A typical day for me is i wake up to multiple voices in my head but it sounds just like voices from outside my head. I have to try and tune it out along with the visual and tactile hallucinations that start soon after.

As soon as i am able to get this under reasonable control, i go make a drink and meditate, this may take several attempts to try and get my hallucinations under control.

I then start applying myself with positive content and take on some personal development for several hours before i am really able to tackle anything.

I then try and do what i can while monitoring my hallucinations, i try and avoid negative situations and people the best i can.

I may have to apply more meditation or anti trigger strategies throughout the day depending on what is happening and what i have to get done or do.

Some days it is just not possible to get control i call these my wipeout days and tend to shut down for the day cause the sensory overload is just too much on these days i may have to take extra medication.

I try to take time to do exercise daily likes walks, push ups and so on as this does help.

I always also take the time to do something chilled that doesn't take up a lot of brain work but i have to be choosey what that is depending on how my day is going.

I am never sympton free there are always some kind of hallucination going on.

I take all my medication at night because i find it very hard to fuction as a human being otherwise if i spread my medication out during the day.

Depending on the type of day i have had dictates if i get any sleep at night or not even with the meds and everything else some nights i simply do not sleep, often more times than not i can go several days with no sleep before i finally crash.

It is very hard to fully paint a picture of what my life is like, but it is not all bad sometimes the hallucinations are funny, a lot of the times i just make jokes about it and most days i manage to make it seem like i am in control.

I have awesome family around me, my wife and children that support me through the tough times.

Anyways that is me and my experience, if you are suffering know you are not alone and if you know someone is suffering reach out to them let them know you care you may save their life or just cheer up their day.

I have a Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentalwealthdomination/

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Thanks for sharing your personal story, and your "ordinary" day... I can't even imagine how hard is to live in that way, but I'm glad that you are pushing through and have a kind of control over your life... and still be positive and inspiring others...

Have a great weekend, my friend!

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Thank you Zoltan @ph1102 for reading bro, i just hope it helps others, it is all kind of just the normal for me now as humans we adapt if we are willing, i just try and focus on the positives in my life for the strength to get through the tough times.

As tough as it may be to see sometimes, or for people to view from the outside i still have much to be thankful for and thats what keeps me going.

We don't know what the future holds and we can't do anything about the past but we do have the choice in the present to improve our future possibilities and improve on our past journey.

Have a blessed weekend my friend

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Thank you for sharing your journey with mental heath with us all. You have pointed out some really good ways in which you can support yourself and your mental health, meditation exercise and having a supportive network around you. I really appreciate your honesty and know that this is really important in helping to break down the stigma that surrounds mental illness.
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Thank you @naturalmedicine for reading my post, i hope it helps others realize they are not alone and that there is light at the end of the tunnel if they are willing to pursue the solutions and take the actions needed.

Everyday is an improvement sometimes small, sometimes big, but more importantly there is not just one path open to them.

Meditation, exercise and having a supportive network are important i have also found natural remedies that have helped people just have to be willing to put the effort into their well being to find what works for them.

Have a blessed weekend.

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To speak up is the best medicine, if this day is to honour these talks then you're doing great!

Not to speak about it is the root of every stigma, i dont know if there's a hive mental health community but may be a nice idea.

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Thank you @joseacabrerav for your supportive words.

Your right we should be talking about it much more, especially because mainstream media seems to want to blame everything they don't understand or every evil act on the mental health community which is just not true.

I personally am on a journey of life recovery which i started just under 6 months ago after being abandoned by the mental health services when covid hit. I hope that further on in the future i can find away to help others do the same until then i have decided to keep sharing my story and journey along the way.

I have been doing this on facebook because that is where i started, we will see where it all goes i have come a long way in the time i have been online making improvements everyday along the way and am positive for the future.

If i can raise some awareness and give others hope then i will consider it all a success a mental health community here would be great to support, if there isn't then i would maybe consider starting something further on.

Have a blessed weekend comments like yours inspire me to continue.

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