#apriority

Writing on my blog for 12 years, I have seen many mental health changes, but I have never seen a change as I have in Covid-19. Emotions impact our thoughts, our mood, our ability to relate to others, our behaviour, and any decisions we go on  to make.

Where mental health before the pandemic might have been bubbling below the surface, in the pandemic it became evident it was no longer bubbling beneath the surface. There is no getting away from the fact we have all been affected by our mental health.

Mental health is assumed, but it’s not a given. But it’s not just how we coped in the pandemic, life is stressful, it is also the external influences in government and the decisions that have been made, that have brought us to this place.

We’re not dealing with mental health. As I continue to keep up with my own mental health, in the last two years, I hope I am able to continue to see the good in humanity. From what we’re seeing, humanity isn’t out of the woods.

I came across an article written by Paul Hollywood who echoes my sentiments on mental health, and who shines a light on his own mental health. In lockdown, “Lego,” he says. “I made a lot of Lego models in lockdown – that was my therapy.” (Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk) Yes, everyone is affected.

For many, they may look as if they have everything under control, but there is a continual mental struggle. We generally don’t talk about mental health. Dealing with autism and anxiety, my realities are different, and as I continue to advocate my own mental health, helping to keep illness at bay, I also have my struggles.

Opening a book for mental health is nothing like opening an app; books are deliberate, deep, and reading the right book, purposeful. Books that deal with mental health encourage us to change the way we perceive the way we live our lives.

Now is the time to make mental health a priority. We all get one crack at ‘life.’ Without good mental health, it will be hard to live a life that is deliberate, deep or purposeful, if you want to check out the details at the top of this blog.

For more info, or if you fancy grabbing your copy and so mental health charities can benefit, please go to the following link https://linktr.ee/Ilana_Estelle