Mental Health Space - MHS

Mental Health Space - MHS Transforming lives and leading change for people affected by mental health-related issues and addiction.

31/05/2023

Tough times don’t last, tough people do.”
– Robert Schuller

12/01/2023



What are the most common misconceptions about depression?

10/11/2022

In South Sudan....

What do you currently see as the biggest challenge within rural mental health? What do you believe is the solution?

Know yourself and be yourself
09/11/2022

Know yourself and be yourself

09/11/2022

BE YOUR BROTHER & SISTER'S KEEPER

"Mental health remains a heavily neglected, unacknowledged issue in South Sudan despite affecting all facets of society Mental health (psychiatric) disorders include conditions such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). These disorders have been associated with substance abuse and violence."

08/11/2022

Transforming Lives

26/10/2022


My trauma response + long time coping mechanisms is to fawn, people please, + fully neglect my own needs in the process.
I saw this come up as this community grew on social media + I began the same pattern of fawning. Of allowing myself + what I was actually saying to be misinterpreted for someone’s own benefit. Slowly, I began to lose my voice + that pull to get “back in line” with another persons narrative of who I was.
But this had little to do with social media— it was just revealing patterns. That existed my whole life. With ex-girlfriends. With friends. With family. I allowed behavior that was toxic (of course I too engaged in toxic behaviors) + I took love in the form of breadcrumbs.
Rarely did I ever stand in my power of choice.
Rarely did I ever say: this isn’t mine to carry.
For a long time I prided myself on being compassionate. I understand on a deep level how trauma manifests. I made excuses. I allowed my reality to be invalidated. I dissociated (left my body) through drinking, drugs, anything where I could escape the present moment. Then I sulked. Felt waves of shame + resentment. Allowing myself to be a projection for another, I lost myself over + over again.
Compassion without boundaries becomes codependency. It becomes enabling. It leads to patterns of self abandonment.
We can understand another. We can see their pain manifesting externally + stand in our sovereign body. We can *choose* what we allow, how we allow it, + how we respond.
We can have awareness of the “why” while also having a clear line around what’s mine + what’s yours.

That’s healing

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