19th December 2017
{I hope you're reading this, and I hope this helps}
Everyday I see people struggling to express themselves, lest they are judged, bullied or mistreated for feeling the way they do. A tragic consequence of such a scenario is that a person becomes afraid of their own emotions, and in most cases are unable to accept themselves for who they are and have to live a life of extreme emotional pain and difficulty. Especially those with mental disorders like Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, and even chronic illnesses like Schizophrenia, Autism etc. Unfortunately in India a person with a broken bone is tended to with love and care and are kept in utmost comfort, whereas a person with a mental disorder is indirectly or directly shunned, psychologically isolated. What people fail to understand is that illnesses don’t fall under categories like legal or illegal, acceptable or unacceptable, cool or uncool! An illness is an illness, and every person with an illness, whether physical or mental, needs assistance, treatment and most of all, love.
{I hope you're reading this, and I hope this helps}
Everyday I see people struggling to express themselves, lest they are judged, bullied or mistreated for feeling the way they do. A tragic consequence of such a scenario is that a person becomes afraid of their own emotions, and in most cases are unable to accept themselves for who they are and have to live a life of extreme emotional pain and difficulty. Especially those with mental disorders like Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, and even chronic illnesses like Schizophrenia, Autism etc. Unfortunately in India a person with a broken bone is tended to with love and care and are kept in utmost comfort, whereas a person with a mental disorder is indirectly or directly shunned, psychologically isolated. What people fail to understand is that illnesses don’t fall under categories like legal or illegal, acceptable or unacceptable, cool or uncool! An illness is an illness, and every person with an illness, whether physical or mental, needs assistance, treatment and most of all, love.
However, acceptance cannot be achieved unless it starts from within. This is for all my friends who are afraid they might push their friends and family away for the way they feel, for those who need to live under the facade of a different personality, lest they reveal their true emotions to the world, and it does not get accepted.
Let me tell you one thing. Living a life with with people who understand you for who you truly are, even if the number of people are less, is much MUCH better than living a lie.
On that note, I will share below a quote by Daniell Koepke ( https://www.instagram.com/daniellkoepke/ )
A clinical Psychologist by profession and living a life of “Chronic Pain” as she describes it. She is also the founder of the Internal Acceptance Movement - http://internal-acceptance-movement.tumblr.com/
“Stop minimising and discounting your feelings.
You have every right to feel the way you do. Your feelings may not always be logical, but they are always valid. Because if you feel something, then you feel it and its real to you. It’s not something you can ignore or wish away. It’s there, gnawing at you, tugging at your core and in order to find peace,you have to give yourself persmission to feel whatever it is you feel. You have to let go of what you’ve been told you “should” or “shouldn't” feel. You have to drown out the voices of people who try to shame you into silence. You have to listen to the sound of your own breathing and honour the truth inside of you. Because despite what you may believe, you don’t need anyone’s validation or approval to feel what you feel. Your feelings are inherently right and true . They are important and they matter - YOU matter and it is more than okay to feel what you feel.
Don’t let anyone, including yourself, convince you otherwise."
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