YOU MIGHT BE ALONE IN YOUR HOUSE, RELATIONSHIP, WORLD, EVEN IN YOUR OWN MIND BUT THE FACT IS, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
ISNT THAT GREAT NEWS? YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN TEACHING PEOPLE TO BE OK WITH BEING ALONE, OK, SO NOW I'M CONFUSING YOU. LET ME EXPLAIN, WE AS HUMANS ARE FUNNY BEINGS SOMETIMES, WE ALLOW SOCIETY TO TELL US WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG BEFORE WE EVEN REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OURSELVES. MOST OF US VIEW BEING ALONE AS BEING REJECTED OR A LONER, SURE, NOW THAT SOUNDS SUPER DEPRESSING.
LETS LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BEWTEEN BEING ALONE AND NOT BEING UNDERSTOOD. MORE TIMES THAN NOT, THE PROBLEM ISNT BEING ALONE, IT'S LACKING THE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND YOU, ISNT IT TRUE THAT SOMETIMES WE DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND OURSELVES? I HAD NO IDEA OF MY PTSD ( POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ) UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO. THAT SHOWS ME THAT I WAS NOT TOTALLY AWARE OF MYSELF, SO HOW COULD I EXPECT ANYBODY ELSE TO UNDERSTAND ME.
THE TRUTH IS, ONCE I UNDERSTOOD MYSELF, AND I MEAN REALLY UNDERSTOOD MYSELF, I STOPPED NEEDING OTHER PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND ME. I GREW SO TIRED OF TRYING TO PROVE MY WORTH AND SELF, TO EXPLAIN MY ACTIONS OR REACTIONS, CLOSE TO NOBODY UNDERSTOOD. I FELT SO ALONE, I GOT SO DEPRESSED, I WAS SLIPPING AWAY.
NOTICE HOW I JUST FELL INTO THIS CONVERSATION, I DONT HAVE A LIST OF THINGS IM TALKING ABOUT, I'M JUST STICKING TO THIS. I JUST KNOW, THAT IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE YOU FEEL NOBODY UNDERSTANDS, NOBODY CARES, THIS IS NEVER GOING TO END, YOU FEEL ALONE.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS FOCUS ON YOURSELF, YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND YOU AND THE CLOSER YOU GET TO UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF THE CLOSER YOU WILL GET TO RECOVERY. THIS IS THE CHANGE OF HEALING REVOLUTION, THIS IS WHAT I DID AND I AM LIVING PROOF THAT IT WORKS.
I NEVER PRETEND THAT MY LIFE IS NOW ALL ROSY BUT I CAN TELL YOU 100% THAT I AM NEVER GOING BACK TO THE WAY MY MIND USED TO WORK. I HAVE REPROGRAMMED MY MIND TO THINK IN NEW WAYS. I'M NOT LONELY EVER, EVEN IF THE WORLD DOESNT UNDERSTAND ME, I GOT MY OWN BACK AND THAT'S ALL I NEED, THAT'S ALL YOU NEED.
I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, WHO HAVE, LIKE ROUGH DIAMONDS TURNED INTO THE SPARKLE ON MY LIFE. I HAVE PEOPLE WHO CARRY MY HEART AND SOUL WITH THEM BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY ALL KNOW. THEY ALL KNOW THAT I VALUE ME. I APPRECIATE THE TIMES THEY UNDERSTAND ME AND WHEN THEY DONT, I UNDERSTAND MYSELF AND I DONT BACK DOWN. THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM THE GIRL I USED TO BE BUT THIS IS THE ATTITUDE THAT GOT ME HERE TO YOU TODAY.
I KNOW THAT DEPRESSION, PTSD AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH ARE NOT EASY. MEDICATION IS STILL A KEY POINT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP OUR PROGRAMMES, TAILOR MADE PROGRAMMES.
I HAVE ONLY ADDRESSED ONE TOPIC HERE TODAY, ONE TOPIC OF MANY. LONELINESS ESPECIALLY IN THE ELDERLY IS ANOTHER TOPIC.