Explaining emotions

Hey again!

So, as you already know from my post yesterday it is mental health awareness week this week. As well as that you now know I that I have been mentally unwell myself at times and have struggled with this.

I have especially struggled with explaining and talking about my emotions. It all started when I was depressed. I was so alone at the time and I felt so isolated and I didn't want to be a burden on anybody so I kept all my feelings to myself. This soon lead to a long problem that I suffered with where I couldn't talk to anybody about how I felt.

Now I am in a totally different position which is a lot better I am in a place where I can actually talk about my emotions. I am also now hanging out with a good group of people which I can feel I can talk to.

I am telling you this story because I bet that there are a few of you out there that are reading this and are suffering from a mental illness and I just want to say well done for getting this far and stay strong and keep on going. People might view you as weak but in my eyes, you are stronger. You are stronger because you wake up everyday and take on the day even with your mental illness. You never give up. Don't give up either. I managed to get through a dark period and I know you can too. I thought I was going to die at my lowest point, but here I am, still alive writing this blog. Stay strong. I know you can do it.

Love,
Abbey Marie
xx