By I first learned about mental health while in college. I was there to complete my studies and was also working on a project that required me to talk to people. A few weeks into my project, I called a student who I was working with and told her that I wanted to talk to her about some ideas I had. She agreed to talk to me about whatever I wanted to talk about. I asked her what her biggest fear was and she said that she had a fear of talking to people.
The thing that I often find is that people who have mental health issues have been told that their issue is “normal” and that they don’t need help. But that’s not the case. People with mental health issues don’t have a choice in the matter. They are, by definition, abnormal. The idea that they don’t have a choice, however, makes them a whole lot worse off in the long run.
In her own words, I asked her, “What makes you think you have a fear of people?” She said, “Because I think I make bad decisions when I have to.
When people say “you make bad decisions”, they’re usually talking about their actions, not their thought process. For example, if you are having a bad day, and you decide your food is the way to fix it, then you have a bad day, not a bad thought process. However, the thought process can be much more important than any actual actions.
This is a good example. When I’ve had a bad day, I always remember where I was when I had the worst bad day. This always makes me feel better.
A good example of this is my boyfriend. He knows I have a bad day, but he just sits there and just doesn’t say anything. We were talking about how it makes it easier to not have to make a decision every time we see each other instead of having to constantly decide when to go out and when to tell each other when we’re both on the same train.
This is a good example of this too. I was talking to a friend the other day about how I have a bad day and he said that he has a good day and that he tells himself he’s doing the same thing. This means that he thinks that if he does something he knows how well it’ll work. I think that’s actually really awesome.
I think that this is actually a good example of how our minds are constantly thinking and re-thinking things all the time. It seems like we have this mental dialogue in our heads all the time, and its pretty easy for us to just decide not to have a conversation because we know how it works.
This is why I think the point of a mental health class is that people are given exercises that help them learn how to think critically. It’s like, instead of them just saying, “I’m depressed, this is how it works, and it wont change anything”, they’re given exercises that are actually teaching how to think.
Of course, that’s all you need. We’re taught when we’re young how to think. But how often do we actually take steps to become more like adults by thinking critically? I am not sure I would say “never” but I think we’re all guilty of taking steps to start that process.
