If you are someone who has struggled with your mental health, I want to watch this video and surely you will find something in it that will be beneficial. Struggling with your mental health’s hard. It’s on the hardest thing you will ever go through in this life. When I was 12 I watched myself go from a very happy girl to a very lifeless, unmotivated person, and it stayed that way for years. I felt like I was drowning in my own suffering. I had no hope, no future, I literally didn’t look forward to anything, I couldn’t even dream anymore. The only thing I looked forward to was sleep, and my only goal was happiness.

So for years, I dreamed of happiness. What it would be like to be happy, not struggle with insecurity, anxiety, self-doubt, and low self-esteem. If you can relate to anything I just said, I want you to watch this video. In hopes that one day, the happiness you seek will be yours.

*****Most important thing is to LEAVE YOUR ABUSIVE/UNHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.

1. Stop thinking so negatively about yourself. When I was incredibly depressed and didn’t want to be alive, I hated myself. I had so much despise for myself because I thought God hated me; I thought the world hated me. So every time something bad would happen, I would be like “nothing good ever happens to me”. The bad things are a part of life, you won’t appreciate the good things without the bad. I need you to redirect yourself every time you think something negative. This is not an easy task, but trust me it works.
2. Your abuse or hard circumstance is not your fault. That’s just apart of your story, and overcoming it will make you the toughest person. This isn’t happening to you because God hates you or that you deserve terrible things to happen to you. Think of all the successful people in the world who had a really bad beginning, in order for them to be where they are right now they had to overcome and preserve. Think of this as your overcome and preserve season before you become that you’re meant to be.
3. Learn to validate yourself, your experiences, and your emotions. Usually when you’re in an abusive situation, a lot of gaslighting happens. Whether it’s that person denying that they did or said a specific thing or them completely invalidating the pain you feel and telling you’re overreacting. Gaslighting can create a mental fog. Learn to trust yourself and your feelings.
4. Go to therapy - healing form all the traumas you’ve endured and overcoming it is truly the best thing for you to do. I did it, and that’s not say my life is perfect, but I am a lot happier and healthier.
5. Journal. Journal every time some happens to you, journal when you feel sad. Journal everything and also find journal prompts that help your target certain internal issues you’re dealing with.

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