Have you ever had a day where you feel like you are just too unmotivated to do anything? Mental health can do that to you. For years, society has been known to keep issues like mental health on the down low by basically ignoring it. We as humans are born with basic emotions. As we grow, develop, and become a member of society, those emotions grow and develop too. We also have some emotions that become an additional part of our lives as we go through different kinds of experiences. We are all born with different areas of health in our lives, such as: our physical health (the part of our health that has to do with our physical bodies like what we eat, our looks, our heart health, etc.), our spiritual health (the part of our health that we use to connect to whatever higher power we believe in and how we practice those beliefs through prayer, meditation, etc.), our sexual health (this is the part of our health that involves our reproductive organs and how we take care of them–even if we aren’t active), and our mental health (which is the part of our health that involves our brains, how we see ourselves/our self-esteem, etc.). Today, is all about mental health and being on the autism spectrum.
We all have different ways on how we deal with mental health. At some point or another, we have all gone through situations that trigger our mental health in some way. Personally, I believe that mental health is the number one aspect of our health that we need to be better at. In today’s world, it is hard to find someone’s life that isn’t our own and be jealous of it. Whether it be where the individual is at or if they are looking extra beautiful in that photo or video that was posted. A lot of people view social media as a negative effect on mental health. I won’t get too much into my beliefs on this, but in a nutshell, I would have to say as much as some of that is true there are positive aspects to social media. We all experience mental health differently. Two of the most common mental health “emotions” we deal with are anxiety and depression. If you have never felt anxious in your life, you are one lucky person. Anxiety is the fear of the unknown. Depression is the negative way(s) we feel about a certain situation or aspect of our life. As someone who is on the autism spectrum, who processes and deals with emotions differently than someone who is neurotypical, anxiety and depression are two things that I have struggled with tremendously for a long time now.
Being autistic or being neurodiverse can greatly impact how someone experiences mental health challenges. I know people who are on the autism spectrum, who will have moments where they seem fine and then anxiety and depression hit and they’re showing a different side of themselves. I have been known to be one of those people. It can be hard. Why? Because when I am doing great mentally, I show my outgoing and friendly side. When I am struggling, I act shy and distance myself. Lately, this has been what I’ve been doing, which isn’t the best, but we can’t always have every day be full of rainbows and butterflies.
Again, why is mental health important? When you’re going through a depressive episode, it feels like you’re in a dark room or you’re dealing with a bad rainstorm where it can be a struggle to see the light at the end of it or even the rainbow.
If you are struggling with a bad episode of mental health, call 988 to talk to the Suicide Prevention hotline (especially if you are SEVERELY suicidal), talk to a friend (or more) that you can trust to be vulnerable with, write down your thoughts in a journal, meditate, make sure you are eating healthy, and/or get an appointment to see a therapist.
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