Take a chance - Talk About Your Mental Health Now!

“I am not feeling myself lately. I want to sleep all day long and not do anything,” I said to my mom.

“Oh, it is just in your head. Get up and take a shower. It will make you feel better,” my mom responded.

I really wish it was just in my head. Well, it actually is. Isn’t the head, the brain, supposed to be the one where the chemical reactions take place and change the dynamics of who we really are? I wish I could tell my parents about how I felt. Well, I do not think that telling them would be a problem. I fear that will they understand me or provide an ear to listen to me only because they have to respond to it? Because that is exactly how I felt when I told my mom that I was not feeling myself.

On the other hand, if I would have come home with a wound, a bleeding elbow, my parents would have rushed to the hospital to get me first aid. Since the wound is on the outside, we can see it. We can see the depth of the wound, while when it comes to somebody being mentally disturbed, it does not show on the outside. However, the wound gets deeper and deeper, which might also make it harder to figure out.

It isn't easy to make our parents understand what is happening inside our heads and how we feel. However, it is never impossible because of the taboo that still prevails in our society concerning therapy and psychologists. Yes, the home remedies that our parents keep suggesting us to do, i.e., sleep on time, wake up on time, exercise, eat healthily, meditate and so on, work towards a healthy lifestyle, and help us keep our mind fresh as well. However, these remedies might not work for everyone and forever.

There could be times when we might still fail at keeping ourselves sane. Hence, one must seek professional help. It might be difficult to initiate a conversation with our parents, but they will definitely support us once they try to listen to us and understand us.

If they do not, we can always talk to a good psychologist and ask them to provide a helping hand in explaining to our parents the importance of mental health and the help required. There could also be a possibility that after understanding you and your condition, they might open up to you about their dark days and tell you how they managed to cope with them.

Sometimes, the door might look heavy. It might seem impossible to crack the hard shell and open up to your parents. But just a small push on the door, and you might realize that it was actually not so heavy. In fact, it was always unlatched. Some situations might seem a little tough to crack, but in reality, it would not be as difficult as we think it to be.