Coping Mechanisms for Mental health issues

The following are steps that I myself make use of and it really does help if you put your mind to it. These steps are not easy at first but you’ll get better at it the more you try to do it. It won’t happen overnight no, but if you really want change it will

Mental illness

“Sorry but depression for me isn’t smudged mascara and crying into a boy’s chest and acting romantic and reckless. It’s honestly just staring at the wall and not showering for days and not going out with friends and feeling so disconnected from everything that I can barely breathe. It’s not pretty. It doesn’t have to

Hope

It’s the very first breath When your head’s been drowning underwater And it’s the lightness in the air When you’re there Chest to chest with a lover It’s holding on, though the road’s long And seeing light in the darkest things And when you stare at your reflection Finally knowing who it is I know