Break the Stigma

We humans these days give so much importance to our physical health, every influencer on social media, celebrities, people in general everyone only talks about physical health. Workouts, getting lean, eating healthy, IF, keto, gym and nowadays working out at home is the new trend as we are all staying home but why is that hardly anyone speaks about Mental well being.

Of course, staying active and eating clean is important but so is our mental wellbeing. But still, as a society, we have been neglecting mental wellbeing for quite some time now. 

Why is there a stigma around mental health? Why people are not talking about it? 

Considering the difficult phase the entire human race is going through more and more people are facing anxiety, fear, depression but we are all talking about recipes, workout from home, useless challenges.

Recently a friend was going through a difficult time and she had an episode which was completely shocking for all of us because we never knew what was going on. She never talked about her issues, anxiety, or what was bothering her. We always saw this image of a happy person who is busy with her life. Even after her panic attack, she is not ready to talk about it. 

The social stigma attached to mental health leads to discrimination and because of which very few people come out openly and get the required help.

I feel really sad to see her struggle and not open up. I know it's difficult but isn't it normal to talk about your mental state why is it a taboo. 

It's ok to talk about mental health, it's ok to get help, it's ok to not be a perfect picture you see on your Instagram or Facebook.

It's ok to be not ok.

Quarantined

It's been quite a while since I wrote anything here and today all of a sudden I thought of just going through this blog and I couldn't stop myself from writing something here. 

So a lot has changed, it's 2020 and we are going through a hell of a year. Never thought we will ever see a 'Pandemic' in life and here we are all in our house facing this shit. It's almost a month to lock down and things are not that chaotic at home now that we have all adjusted to this new normal in life. 

But there is always this negativity, this sadness that there is a danger around us, which plays with my mind quite often. 

I sometimes see myself getting anxious about small things and that uneasiness never goes away. Anxiety level increases the moment I switch on the news so that has gone out of my schedule for quite some time now. No, I am not following stats of a number of people infected or recovered. It makes me worst.  I think I am just surviving in quarantine with my own rules of staying away from social media as well.

Just connecting with family and a few friends suits me and keeps me sane for now. 

Boys are taking this quarantine differently, one is happy because yes no school and some screen time while the other sometimes have this urge to go out like me and we handle it together. And yes quarantine has definitely increased my cooking time and I am not complaining :)

So yes a lot has happened, from playing boardgame of 'Pandemic' we are now surviving one to tell the tales.