In which John discusses his difficult week and the mental health tips for social distancing from Partners in Health. You can read …
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In which John discusses his difficult week and the mental health tips for social distancing from Partners in Health. You can read …
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Hi. I made an easily printable google doc containing all these tips and also some things that I tell myself when feeling scared or overwhelmed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bDwtsvNAxtti63a2JNNvIOeQHeGimZkpvw0HvXrDG8/edit
The original document, written by Dr. Bepi Raviola, can be found here: https://www.pih.org/article/10-mental-health-tips-coronavirus-social-distancing
If you are concerned about your mental health, PLEASE reach out for help. Ask a friend to assist you on the road toward health, or reach our directly to a mental health professional. Lots of them are doing teleconferencing/e-therapy these days. If you live in the U.S., you can learn more here: https://www.samhsa.gov/
Thanks for being here with us. -John
Routines
Physical fitness
Learning ( intellectual stuff )
Alone time
Focused relaxation
Bath daily
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Everyone needs to learn from everyone.
Cleen sheats. Sensorial wonders
❤clean towels , clean blankets
New kitchen sponges
Rags
Put stuff on your walls ( it enriches your life )
Connect more deeply with the world. And people. And God ( last one is especially for me )
It's okay, John. I come from four years in the future. Everything turned out pretty okay for most people.
He had no idea.
You seem like a cool guy. And a nice one. Good luck.
#10 I started & continue this before COVID.
Is forever ever going to be good enough to tell the ppl that removed u from thire life n they at least listen even if they walk off soon as ur done?????
THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME TO MARBLE RACING IT HAS SAVED ME.
I was struck with a debilitating sense of dread and isolation. At the time, none of us could truly know when the world would return to form. In reality, a deadly disease was ravenging the world. While inside my own head, I fought a metaphorical disease. An illness akin to a parasite feasting on its host. For the two years afterwards, even after medical professionals had nearly cleared the Earth of this once life threatening virus, it still desperately clung onto me. At certain moments, it felt so deeply bonded to myself, I couldn't separate or distinguish between what was truly the self and what was not. Attempting to heal, was to remove a piece of myself. At first, the news was sudden, but it gradually ate away at my psyche throughout the years. I remember vividly the countless months that I spent monotonously typing beneath feverishly aggressive fluorescent lights. School became less of a concern. At a certain point, you lose grasp of reality and begin to drift away from your family and loved ones. The year afterward, school was back in session. A return to normalcy, yet, I felt socially removed from any interaction. Two years afterwards, I still continue to struggle with anxiety and panic attacks, but the healing process is gradually taking shape. Some days I am reminded of the person I was only a year ago, and how different we are to each other. Reminding myself of that fact is almost empowering in a way. Eventually though, every morning became easier to wake up to.
I was listening to a podcast that said, “it’s important to live life by design rather than emotion. Basically, sticking to a routine is what allows us to be the healthiest version of ourselves (especially when you're fighting these demons ex. OCD for me).
I’ve had to overhaul how I approach taking care of my brain (exercise, journaling, studying etc) by practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 50-60% effort into my journaling habit – to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on my youtube channel.
Historically I have a habit of going too hard, not being able to sustain the Herculean effort, giving up and hating myself. So now I’m trying to give a small, consistent mediocre effort everyday. And its crazy how it adds up. I finally feel less dysregulated and prepared to tackle my other issues like my loneliness.
I spend the entire covid time in a psychward. I think I’m kinda lucky because I wasn’t affected affected by the lockdowns that much…
I tend to turn inwards when the brain fog thickens, so reading books and watching YouTube and even taking walks helps me return to the world, little by little
I found the routine that works for me after 7 months figuring out where my time is going in a day. That took some time, effort, and realization what I can do without triggering a manic/depressive episode.
There is hope… hope takes forever but worth the wait
Thank you. This was first in my mental health playlist of 14 videos and I watched the playlist many times when I was struggling with depression and anxiety and didn’t know what to do. I had support but to get through the day I used videos like yours. I also loved your book turtles all the way down. Now I feel a lot better with the medication I’m taking and I wanted to thank you for helping me get to where I am now. You helped me get through those tough times
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This was wonderful. Thank you for it.
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I can relate – far too well.