Mental Health, Wellness, and Relationships with a Dash of Humor
Inherent to wishing our lives to be different is an acknowledgment of a future that diverges from the present. However, we often find it difficult to change and manifest that desired future, coming back to the same New Year’s resolutions and goals; wanting a particular job, relationship, friends, and family. We imagine a future littered with so many different details. Yet, the future eludes us; looking very similar to the present.
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When something is troubling us, we sometimes reach out to people to discuss the issue. Sometimes the experience goes well, and other times it doesn’t. What leads to the end results of these interactions? Moreover, what makes a good listener?
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Start Living Today by Vanessa C. Dias of the Wellbeing Blogger is a workbook designed for people who may not be ready to receive help from a professional psychologist or coach, but still wish to make substantive changes in their lives.
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If our efforts continue to yield displeasing ends, future attempts become even less likely as the negative connection intensifies. Eventually, we might discontinue the activity altogether; each tempting thought to try again is quickly cleared away by the more powerful fear of failing again.
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Many people of good intentions showed tremendous patience in the face of a person who exclusively responded with hate and abuse. No matter how much love was sent his way, he returned with vitriol. I will not mention or quote his comments or detail what might have triggered his behavior; in part because I don’t want gossip, profanity, or hate to be associated with this blog.
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Marrying a partner with a mental illness is brave, exhausting and eye opening. But living with a condition like Generalised Anxiety Disorder can leave a spouse broken, as this open letter shows.
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