My mom had taught me that even when there is nothing to be happy about and even when your heart is breaking you need to find something, or become a really good actress and act like you don’t have a care in the world and that your happy w/ a huge smile on your face. My mom told me that if you showed the world that you were happy that after a while that ( at least in front of people) you were! It’s really true! I used to be so positive and cheerful! When I was alone there were times where I would break down and just cry, but I never felt pain like I had the past couple of years.
That’s when I realized that I had really forgotten about trying to be happy when others were around. It just always seemed like SOOO much work. I guess that’s why I just stopped socializing. In the last month in a half I decided to just force myself to go out more and just suck it up!
You know what I realized? The more I went out and spent time w/ friends and got out of the house; the easier it became to let loose and have some fun! Now, I would say 85% of the time I really do forget about all of my stress! Now, I’m busy having fun or reminiscing on what I’ve been up to!
One thing that I have changed is that I do remember to get out what’s going on. The things that are stressful and challenging I don’t run away from or just stuff it up inside. That’s what caused me to have such a rough time these past couple years. So, now I’m letting myself acknowledge my issues and learn to overcome and move on from them.
I’m also letting people know what’s going on in my life! That way when there are days when I just can’t suck things up they’ll know why I’m sad and I’ll have somebody to be there to pick me up and help me get through it!
Figuring all of this out has really helped! I all ready feel like 75% better than I did a month and half a ago! I know I have a long journey ahead of myself when it comes to beating depression and anxiety… but, I’ve made a HUGE leap into getting better!
So Life Lesson 1: Sometimes in order to get happy you have to convince yourself that you are. You can’t always see the light when there is so much dark around you, but if you just keep telling yourself that there is that light at the end of the tunnel then you will make it! That’s what I’ve decided to do w/ happiness, and so far it seems to be working!
My mother and myself when I was about 2 or 3 years old.
That’s when I realized that I had really forgotten about trying to be happy when others were around. It just always seemed like SOOO much work. I guess that’s why I just stopped socializing. In the last month in a half I decided to just force myself to go out more and just suck it up!
You know what I realized? The more I went out and spent time w/ friends and got out of the house; the easier it became to let loose and have some fun! Now, I would say 85% of the time I really do forget about all of my stress! Now, I’m busy having fun or reminiscing on what I’ve been up to!
One thing that I have changed is that I do remember to get out what’s going on. The things that are stressful and challenging I don’t run away from or just stuff it up inside. That’s what caused me to have such a rough time these past couple years. So, now I’m letting myself acknowledge my issues and learn to overcome and move on from them.
I’m also letting people know what’s going on in my life! That way when there are days when I just can’t suck things up they’ll know why I’m sad and I’ll have somebody to be there to pick me up and help me get through it!
Figuring all of this out has really helped! I all ready feel like 75% better than I did a month and half a ago! I know I have a long journey ahead of myself when it comes to beating depression and anxiety… but, I’ve made a HUGE leap into getting better!
So Life Lesson 1: Sometimes in order to get happy you have to convince yourself that you are. You can’t always see the light when there is so much dark around you, but if you just keep telling yourself that there is that light at the end of the tunnel then you will make it! That’s what I’ve decided to do w/ happiness, and so far it seems to be working!
My mother and myself when I was about 2 or 3 years old.
