Will things ever change? #mentalhealthIssuesAreNotaTaboo

We sometimes ignore people’s messages when they want to talk to us. We call them names or crack jokes when they might be already upset with their lives. If they share their problems, we call them ‘rotlu‘. If they say they are depressed some of us shun them as if it’s a taboo. We forget we hung out with them in good times when we get too busy to be with them in their bad times…

We all have done such things sometimes.. either directly or even being a silent spectator to someone’s misery. Today we are shocked, tomorrow we’ll forget. 😩

This isn’t a one-off case. There have been many Sushants previously and there may be many like him in our circle too.

According to the WHO, 1 in every 4 person suffers from mental health issues. Sometimes children to sometimes elder people, people from humble background or the high-end class of society. Your class topper, office colleague, your doorman or maid, the guy next door. Anyone literally.

We are all posting about mental health. It’s great. Let’s put it in action. Let us be kind and compassionate. Let us be approachable.

And beyond social media, let us build true relationships with people who’ll hold our hands when things go wrong.

©positivitymonger

Embrace your uniqueness.

It was just yesterday when someone made a passing remark and compared me to someone who is superior to me in some aspects.

The whole night and the following day I kept feeling bad about it.. I wanted to ask how he dared to compare me and tell me that I’m not good enough.

But when I analyzed the whole matter at some distance, I realized that the other person may truly be good in academics than I’m or have more knowledge than I have, maybe she is indeed prettier or whatever it is…I should not feel inferior because of it.
I guess every one – literally just about everyone has felt inferior to someone else at some point of time in some way or the other. Maybe some one is more intelligent than you, more talented than you, higher educated than you, more beautiful than you, healthier or richer than you….
But we should realize that everyone is unique. We should learn to embrace our own uniqueness. As we do this, we’ll start feeling more confident and at peace with ourselves. The whole society is just continuously comparing and the whole idea now sounds so stupid to me.

Everyone talks, eats, sleeps, or thinks in a different way. So we should stop comparing our lives to others and even if we do, we shouldn’t feel sorry because of it.

P. s. We should just be confident in who we are and stop worrying if someone doesn’t like us. It’s not our problem. It’s theirs.

©positivitymonger

Happy world wish day.. :)

I asked her to make a wish and she said she wanted to go on a shopping spree with me.
What will you buy?
A quick reply came that she always wanted to have a beautiful pink frock for herself and be dressed like a barbie doll.
Such innocence in her eyes.
Despite of going through so much of pain she wanted to live her life. No wish is big or small and this one would have brought her a lot of contentment and happiness.While volunteering at Make-A-Wish in these last four years, I got the chance to identify and fulfill several many wishes. This exercise of bringing happiness to others also gives the bearers and the instrument (me) a lot of contentment.It also gave me the chance to meet many people, and observe life and its struggles at a close range. I have learnt so many things in this journey of four years…We need to live life to its fullest irrespective of whatsoever difficulties we are going through. We should never stop fighting..We should never give up on ourselves and our truest desires..

P.S. Let us take a moment and think what we want. Let us a make a wish and never leave hope. While we try our best, let’s also believe in God for we never know when God might send an angel to fulfill it..

©positivitymonger

You are awareness of your thoughts.

You’re talking to yourself everyday even when you are reading to what I think, you’re having a conversation in your mind. Your perception is everything. Your universe started in your mother’s body, now it continues in your brain.

Remember this, you are not your thoughts, You are awareness of your thoughts. How you react to what you think determines your future. You can’t live a positive life having negative reaction to your thoughts.

What others think of you is their problem or blessing not yours. You need not be concerned about how people perceive you. It says more about them then you.

You are your best friend or your worst enemy. If you’re telling yourself you’re bad, you are ugly or you can’t do the specific work. Your mind will reinforce this within your body at a cellular level.

When you tell yourself you can’t you destroy your confidence. Just tell yourself, I can do it, I will do it, and fight the monster in your life. Learn to love yourself first. Learn to be your best friend and protect your energy to fight your demon.

You can do it, you will do it. You are special. You are loved. You are worth it all. Just believe in yourself. I do, your friends do, your family and your loved ones just want to see you happy and succeed.

What makes you happy?

Have you ever asked yourself this question?
For days, I was demotivated, confused, in a state of depression. I preferred staying alone, would talk very less and my daily activities were also decreasing as lethargy was seeping in. Something was always bothering me.

One day, I decided to talk about it to a stranger as I had the fear of being judged by my known ones. After listening to my story he asked me 1 simple question. “What makes you happy?”
I was asked to introspect my inner self and jot down the things which made me happy. And I realized my Ngo work, doodling, blogging, were some of the things that topped the list.

Later, he advised me to increase the frequency of such activities in future.

And whenever i begin to feel a bit lost I ask myself this question and do the things that would feed my soul and calm my mind.

P. S. Do share some of the things which make you happy people.

And have you ever asked yourself this question? When did the need to do so arise?

©positivitymonger

Count your blessings.

Count your many blessings. Name them one by one and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done..

P. S. We used to sing this prayer when we were in school..

And today it just came in my mind while I was wondering that

Isn’t being alive one of our biggest blessings?

Count your blessings people and tell me what do you feel blessed about the most?