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The Mind that Can't Stop Thinking. Is this you?

I can't say we have all had this experience, but for some of us dealing with issues like this can be deeply frustrating or anxiety producing. The mind that can't turn itself off is usually a mind that needs to seek out professional help because in most cases, in healthy minds the mind can shut off the thinking process very easily. In a mind that is pliable, that has never experienced anxiety there is a natural clam, which deals with life in a natural way. This kind of mind doesn't feel forced to make decisions that are against it's own will or against it's own nature. When we experience trauma of any kind it can throw the mind off balance in some people who have a mental disposition towards this. It is also a natural thing for someone to go through the same trauma, and not have any negative mental disposition at all. The question isn't who is affected but what to do when you feel you are being affected in a way that is affecting your mental health.

Triggers are things that set our minds off in a negative direction after we have been diagnosed with some kind of mental disability. Seeking professional help during a time of crisis can really be of help in the long run, because if we delay, it's not that we won't find the help we are looking for we just might cause ourselves more pain while we are waiting. We live in a world right now, where more and more people are being affected with mental health issues, and it is important to address this because there might just be someone you already know who is suffering is silence. We need not suffer in silence, and self advocacy is the first step to receiving help. If you have never been touched with depression or anxiety I caution you to read very carefully these words. I am a person with lived experience just like you are, and I speak from my experience not necessarily my expertise.

People with lived experience have gone through the crisis, we know what it is like to feel like our world is shutting down. We have been to that hospital emergency room and have spent time in hospital recovering. Your lived experience might be different. You might have never been to a hospital because of your anxiety or depression, you might have a completely different lived experience and that is ok, we are all different people. I cannot say that all of us will be touched with mental health issues in our lives, even if you know of somebody who has lived experience, you experience the world in a way that is relatively different from all other human beings. Your mind is unique, no one thinks just like you, even though you might find similarities in the way that others think. It is your uniqueness that makes you a special person. Your lived experience may never involve any mental health issues and that is your lived experience.

To move ahead in life in the direction you want to go, doesn't require that you buy a meeting with a fortune teller, or that you become one yourself. It doesn't require you to think in black and white, and it doesn't require many things that you might be thinking about as you live your life right now. I like to think that if we are making an effort right now, and if you are experiencing problems like shutting off your mind, just stop, pull over and breath. That is all you might need right now. Your lived experience just might be telling you to Stop. This is Mike.
  

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