Make your mental health a priority

the-diary-of-a-failure:

It took me a pretty long time to realise that without good mental state, you won’t achieve anything. I kept pushing through because I thought my school success, friendships and other things are more important. But at the end it became very clear that all of this meant nothing to me because I wasn’t feeling okay. Here are ways you can make yourself and your health priority:

🌸 Take care of your physical health

  • Take vitamins if you need any
  • Get enough sleep but try not to sleep in too often
  • Get regular health check ups
  • Try to stay home when you get sick
  • Try to get at least a little physical activity
  • Get enough fresh air
  • Rest when you’re tired
  • Try to eat moderately healthy and stay hydrated

🌸 Listen to your feelings

  • Don’t force yourself into things that feel wrong unless it’s a life or death matter
  • Cry when you need it to
  • Don’t hang out with people who don’t make you feel good
  • Feeling good should be more important to you than any work

🌸 Make your own happiness a priority

  • Don’t try to make others happy unless it makes you happy
  • Don’t try to please everyone, you can’t
  • Don’t take on work of others’ when you have your own
  • Learn to say no

🌸 Fill your free time with pleasant things

  • Try to reduce the amount of time when you just lie around, letting your bad mental state eat you alive
  • Find hobbies you like and push yourself to start
  • Take time to rest by doing things
  • Take time for self care, whatever that means to you
  • Spend time with people you love

🌸 Seek out the help you need

  • Talking to people about it
  • Therapy
  • Medications

🌸 Practise basic self care, both physical and mental

  • Journal
  • Take hot showers
  • Stretch/ exercise
  • Listen to music you like
  • Form good habits

Feel free to add your own ideas and have a nice day!



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