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Is it a good brain day or a bad brain day?
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thefridayfive:
What's taking up space in your head this week?
The usual fandom stuff, I've been slowly mainlining through Guardian at the moment while also still being deep in the other dramas I've watched and got attached to previously. Just mainly all of that, my headspace is just all the blorbos from my shows, essentially.
What mental health topics do we need to be more aware of?
Oh, I'd say quite a bit. I've talked about this before, but essentially I think there needs to be more awareness of the other kinds of mental illnesses that exist that aren't just anxiety and depression, more discussions about the availability of treatments particularly for those who are financially unable to do so and how we can solve it, and how while we've come a long way with recognizing mental health concerns over the last decade or so we still have a long way to go to de-stigmatize it, not just here (in the U.S.) but everywhere else in the world.
Furthermore, I'm also of the mind that therapy is good and beneficial for everyone, regardless.
What does "mentally healthy" look like?
Not having intrusive thoughts and my brain chemistry functionally normally, or, alternatively, being able to recognize when I'm having a bad brain day and managing it without having any kind of breakdown beforehand.
When do you know you need to focus on yourself?
Now that's a question, isn't it. For the most part, whenever I get too overwhelmed or emotionally distressed from something that's when I know that I need to take a break/breather.
What's something that's helped your mental health?
Honestly? Fandom, or rather being fannish about something in some capacity. It's a good distraction, and has helped keep those intrusive thoughts at bay. Yes, there are some obvious downsides like fandom drama that can be impossible to avoid, but for the most part I tend to ignore it the best I can, even if the urge to doomscroll out of mild morbid curiosity gets the better of me sometimes. Otherwise yeah, it's just distracting myself with whatever I'm currently fixating on.
(Also, I would say that my dog was the best thing for my mental health, but she has been gone for some years now and that definitely took a hit on my mental and emotional health, for sure. So getting fixated on fictional worlds has become the next biggest distraction for me in helping me cope.)
thefridayfive:What's taking up space in your head this week?
The usual fandom stuff, I've been slowly mainlining through Guardian at the moment while also still being deep in the other dramas I've watched and got attached to previously. Just mainly all of that, my headspace is just all the blorbos from my shows, essentially.
What mental health topics do we need to be more aware of?
Oh, I'd say quite a bit. I've talked about this before, but essentially I think there needs to be more awareness of the other kinds of mental illnesses that exist that aren't just anxiety and depression, more discussions about the availability of treatments particularly for those who are financially unable to do so and how we can solve it, and how while we've come a long way with recognizing mental health concerns over the last decade or so we still have a long way to go to de-stigmatize it, not just here (in the U.S.) but everywhere else in the world.
Furthermore, I'm also of the mind that therapy is good and beneficial for everyone, regardless.
What does "mentally healthy" look like?
Not having intrusive thoughts and my brain chemistry functionally normally, or, alternatively, being able to recognize when I'm having a bad brain day and managing it without having any kind of breakdown beforehand.
When do you know you need to focus on yourself?
Now that's a question, isn't it. For the most part, whenever I get too overwhelmed or emotionally distressed from something that's when I know that I need to take a break/breather.
What's something that's helped your mental health?
Honestly? Fandom, or rather being fannish about something in some capacity. It's a good distraction, and has helped keep those intrusive thoughts at bay. Yes, there are some obvious downsides like fandom drama that can be impossible to avoid, but for the most part I tend to ignore it the best I can, even if the urge to doomscroll out of mild morbid curiosity gets the better of me sometimes. Otherwise yeah, it's just distracting myself with whatever I'm currently fixating on.
(Also, I would say that my dog was the best thing for my mental health, but she has been gone for some years now and that definitely took a hit on my mental and emotional health, for sure. So getting fixated on fictional worlds has become the next biggest distraction for me in helping me cope.)
