5 Things That Changed My Life as a 20 year Old
Well, it was time for a change in my life
My journey began with periods being irregular.
Can you even imagine, a common health issue can lead you to so many different new things and opportunities?
A few life-changing things periods brought me to
- Yoga
- Mental Health
- Food & Nutrition
- Therapies — Emotional Work
- Spirituality, Energy Healing + Crystals
How has all of it impacted me?
Well, it was time for a change in my life
1. Yoga (2018 November)
As I mentioned above, health issues are common, that is how my life was.
Common.
Until I got my first period.
The first month was normal.
But, I did not see the second month being disastrous.
A normal period cycle of 5–7 days went till 15 days.
Taking it as “all normal”. The coming months sucked me.
The period cycle of 15 days moved to 30 days and more.
Imagine (if you are a female) wearing and changing sanitary napkins 5 times a day for the next 30 days or more.
It went on till I graduated.
In October 2018, everyone suggested I go for Yoga.
A completely new thing, I had no idea about.
I began finding classes. Only, until someone told me about one.
In November 2018, I experienced my first Yoga class.
The best experience so far.
The beauty of my body amazed me. It felt like I was back home.
I decided to stick to those classes.
For 3 months, I continued. Different asanas, breathing.
I was feeling a childlike happiness which encouraged me to try different Yogic postures.
Soon, I began learning it on my own.
Yoga has the magic to offer you freshness at your timelines.
For me, it might have been physical.
For you, it can be anything you are at right now.
2. Food & Nutrition
I still don’t remember what brought me into diets. I was about to go to Kerala for a travel trip and before that, I found a Nutritionist on Instagram. I contacted and met her.
That’s when I decided to start a diet right after I come back.
As decided, I began with my diet — focusing to gain weight and resolve the hormonal imbalance.
Nutritionist Shefali guided me to the gym. I told her about my Yoga experience and shared I have recently begun Dance classes, to which she agreed and said is okay.
The new lifestyle of waking up early and eating everything right in time was refreshing for me. I had never done it before.
My skin started glowing. Periods were on time and had a good duration cycle.
I was happy, finally.
But, there was something that affected me every day.
A bunch of people in the dance classes body-shamed me nearly every day.
Kept commenting and laughing at my body type.
It was already in my head.
After a few days, I felt troubled popping. I was already scared that it was Hemorrhoids.
My diet program changed.
It made me more skinny.
Instead of going to a doctor, I googled and presumed it to be Anal fissures.
I stopped diets and began taking Homeopathic medicine for the same.
I was shit stressed.
Lesson learned: Food & Nutrition is a thing.
3. Mental Health (2019)
Even after coming into Yoga, Food & Nutrition, there was something that was missing.
It is not Yoga to blame. But, somewhere my sadness, was visiting me again and again.
That is when I started to read about Mental health.
The internet said, Mental health is about a healthy mind.
For the farthest time, I remember my mental health was not in a good place.
As I began to find psychologists, which let me mention was a difficult task to find a good one.
I ended up with some of the crazy judgmental ones, with whom opening up was quite difficult.
Though, I did not find a good one. But, I kept reading about it and learning what could make my mind better.
PS: All this time, I was mentally rotten.
4. Emotional Work (Therapies)
It was in 2015 when I joined Instagram which was all about people putting up their fancy pictures at fancy places.
Only, until I found an account called @theholisticpsychologist in late 2019. It changed my mindset about mental health just in one go.
I was convinced by the logical shares.
Mental disorders are not disorders until you call them to be.
Most of us have traumatic patterns which need to be sorted out.
I kept consuming the content, only to realize I need someone’s support too to help me with therapy.
From the same place, I found an Indian Delhi-based therapist who had mostly the same approach (if that is the right word to say) as Dr. Nicole LePera.
In mid of 2020, I underwent therapies with Praneet, a therapist and founder of Pour The Heart Out.
It was an insightful experience. It is all about having non-judgemental support and she was the one.
I learned it is essential to work on ourselves emotionally and figure out the right patterns to manage ourselves.
5. Spirituality (November 2020)
I had always been overflowing with emotions.
But, the only time I went numb was when my Dad was diagnosed with C…
Not because I had a good relationship with him. Because we didn’t have one.
It was in July 2020.
I was coping badly.
My insides were filled with troubles.
While scrolling through Whatsapp, I saw Nutritionist Shefali’s story. I asked her what was it and soon a group of people started healing my Dad for the next 10 days.
After a few days, I was attending one of the Forgiveness sessions with them and soon I began the pranic healing courses.
Betty Ma’am — the spiritual teacher finally brought a smile to my face.
I ended up completing most of the courses from Ma’am and the senior teacher.
The courses were about energy healing through hands, crystal healing, and more. (a story for another day, for sure)
I now had what I never had.
The craziest magic wand.
To manage my heart, mind, and soul.
To know who I am and where I come from.
I hope you had fun reading my little summarised story.
Until the next one,
Only love,
PJ
