Self Love

Self Care: Self Love is so important…

Laura Annabelle
3 min readJan 24, 2017

So many people wonder why I can’t hear them: they think it’s possibly p, but most likely selective hearing. The rest of the time, they view me as antisocial, rude, the most selfish person they’ve ever met. And the truth is that all the voices attached to my depression are so loud, they block out everyone's else’s. those who say things that are labelled as effects or examples of the stigma associated with mental illness overall the whole mental health system and epidemic.

No matter how many times I try to get them to educate themselves by educating them and able to help them do their part in contributing to breaking the stigma around thus epidemic, nothing positive comes from it. I’ve learned also that we can’t force any change on the rest of society particularly with viewing mental health. All we can do is try to educate them, the rest is all on them.

They are the ones that have to take their own initiative to take actions on the numerous attempts we tried with educating them on something they aren’t. viewing and treating right and need the proper education and further response and actions.

Then when they take that first step, we can then continue our job here with fixing the mental health system and educate them on a further level and help them by giving them tips, suggestions, advice on how they can support us with our mental condition.

Other that what I’ve just covered here, till our loved ones, friends, and other acquaintances take their necessary steps here, we need to focus on taking care of ourselves, and also take a break from trying to force any positive change on others who aren’t viewing and treating the mental health system properly as for its a waste of our time and our voice.

Save our voice to speak up to those who are willing to change their views, beliefs, actions overall what our world and society has become and willing to take their actions on their part with contributing to breaking the stigma around mental health.

In conclusion here, take care of yourself and do all you can to educate yourself on anything you aren’t educated on in the mental health subject that is crucially important and helpful with caring for yourself not just physically but more on the mental and emotional side of our health. You matter, we all matter regardless of want anyone or any stigma tries to convince you.

Do all you need to do to care for your own emotional and mental health. Taking care of our own selves mental health wise and talking openly about mental health is not and nor should be viewed as selfish, attention seeking, or any other label created by the stigma and discrimination around mental health.

The Voices Of Depression And Anxiety Only I Can Hear

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Laura Annabelle

I’m just a young adult trying to figure out how to live her new adult life.