MY MIND, MY THOUGHTS, MY PRISON AND MY FREEDOM!

Mental health is an issue that is of great concern. Agreeably, it’s important to have a good mental health regardless of age, gender, race, economic status among others. Why is it easy for negative thoughts to invade our minds? Negativity, no matter the effect, seems to have a choke hold on our minds more that we would want to admit. An uncle inquired about what is always on my mind when I’m quite and I answered, “I always because when I think, most of the time it’s about life’s troubles.” Apparently he found that funny but eventually he saw some sense in it. Multiple times I have heard people talk about having suicidal thoughts whether directly or indirectly and have come to realise that suicidal thoughts do not need heavily troubled thoughts to be triggered. It is not always about the situations that we are in at the moment but our pasts can as well trigger these feelings of loss, regret, helplessness, anguish, among many other waves of emotions that we feel when we have been pushed to the wall and we think about ending it all. Everyone has a past that they would want to forget and move past. There is no regret, guilt and negative emotions that we feel that is greater or lesser than the other. This is because, if we are cornered by these feelings, the pressure to commit suicide is the same regardless of what opened the door in the mind for those suicidal thought to invade the privacy of our thoughts. It is surprising and utterly amazing and at the same time devastating how the human brain works. Most of the time we move past what happened in a long time ago without allowing ourselves to completely heal therefore, when we remember how we were hurt in the past, negative thoughts accumulate in our minds and we start thinking and ask questions like, “ maybe my life is not worth living,” “ does anyone longer really love or even care for me?” among some other thoughts, you name them. Suicidal thoughts have become a new normal that most of us that we no longer see it’s a threat to our mental health in general. The problem also enhances when you cannot talk to anyone about that which is bothering us. The things that bother us the most are the ones that we do not talk about. It is important to know that that which is mentionable is manageable. To talk to someone does not necessarily mean professional help, though it is advisable to get that. Talking simply means opening your heart to someone who you trust and can listen to you without judgment and can give you the best advise on how to handle your situation or get you help that is necessary. It could be anyone, you would be surprised at the relief you will feel after opening your heart. I know and totally understand how difficult it is but those walls we build may get too thick and really high and block light from getting to yu. Remember, that which is mentionable is manageable. By Jedyne Tracy.