Apologies for the excessive snark the last week or so. Excessive stress combined with excessive bullshit in my newsfeed, combined with doing my best to be there for people in life tailspins left me exhausted and being hyper-empathic to the drama. At this very moment there are a really high number of people I know facing some really dark personal demons. And Ive been doing my best to be there for people while my own are doing more than nipping at my heels. Im going to ask you to look around and be sure to love on your friends and family because you have no idea how badly some of them need to hear it. They may brush you off but they need to hear it. Yes, this includes the grumpy ones that have been souring up the newsfeed too. Theres been a lot of rock bottom words spoken by people youd never expect them from this week and often dangerous depression lurks behind those the scenes not only for those with visible life challenges not also for those who seem to have it all together. This week has really also reminded me of the dangerous impact that social media can have on mental health for some most of us. Its definitely made me reconsider the need to have a safe place to retreat too and an occasional mental health break from it when it gets excessively crazy. Given that FB experimented and proved all of this, I sincerely wish that there was a was to tap into that and find the happy switch for the days we just really need a laugh and some smiles. But until that happens, and even if it does, were all still responsible for both our own personal self care and also for not letting our friends fall through the cracks. And please dont think that one (or a dozen) starting to turn their life around means all are able to yet. In fact often someone finding a way out of the hole causes those still stuck to feel increasingly like an incompetent hopeless failure. One up can send many down and the many down can leave others feeling abandoned. Everyone wants someone to be there for them but at the end of the day almost everyone is wrapped up in their own fears. If you can make time to check on and love on and share real talk with your friends, you just might save a life. You certainly will lift the weight of of someone and help them momentarily catch their breath. And when you keep doing it, you change lives. Some people are situation depression and just need your shoulder, strong back, and kind words, to help them through an unusually tricky puzzle life has cast at them. Many others are biochemical depression and even with medication will never be chipper and perpetually able to take on the world without getting beat to a bloody pulp by their personal demons. Love them anyways! Love them because, in spite of, and regardless! And if you have a choice in what you put into the world on a given day (and some days we dont because its simply our turn to need someone or something), do your best to let it be things that bring a smile for others. I love ya, and if you ever get into a dangerous emotional place (or think your headed there), send me a message and Ill be happy to talk with your a while and do my best to make you smile even when you dont really want
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:03:16 +0000
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