Life Is Hard, Yet So Challenging

Mental illness & Creativity

Laura Annabelle
Jul 23, 2017 · 2 min read

I sincerely love how creativity and mental health link together in their own amazing ways. Expressing onself through art in mental illness recovery as a tool is such a great way to heal. I for one am a huge fan of creativity and intend to use creativity in as much of my everyday lifestyle in my routine.

If you think logically, your gonna lose the creative arts. – Topanga Mathews – and so logical thinking may be good and crucially important in life but using that kind of thinking doesn’t solve all the world’s problems.

As Albert Einstein quoted: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” So I believe that we should put creativity into our daily yet busy lives to contribute in solving more problems and more success than logical ever has.

New Thoughts

Thinking back to when I was depressed and also in recovery, I had thoughts that “what if I died? What if I killed myself?” And thinking of what kept me alive. And also for the fact that I’m still alive and the fact that I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for many certain things. Through it all, I’m grateful for it all. Most importantly my existence on earth. Because of all that happened in the past 2 years have helped me, taught me valuable life lessons and new knowledge on how to take better care of my mental health. Knowing the right an wrong ways to treat and care for my mental health.

Relapse is part of recovery. Nobody gets it perfect or right the first time around neither the 5th time. Whenever you get it right, is the fact that counts most!

“You don’t demand change, you inspire it.” ~ Lying To Be Perfect

No matter what we go through, it’s those moments that we call them the bad ones that helped us become stronger and wiser in the end!

Nothing is impossible but when it comes to mental illness, it’s more challenging for those who live with mental illness.

Laura Annabelle

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I'm just someone who believes that she is extra-ordinary, is trying to figure out her life while living with many mental illnesses! #staystrong

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