I Want to Talk to You About Mental Levels

One thing many counsellors don't talk about is MENTAL LEVELS. They talk about anxiety, depression, stress, and diagnoses, but rarely do they talk about prevention and HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUR LIMITS MENTALLY.

As someone who began my journey to becoming a therapist at her lowest ebb - needing counselling and hypnotherapy to leave an emotionally and financially abusive relationship, I can tell you that certain things saved my life back then. One of them was anti-depressants (SSRIs), and the other was having the courage to leave - even though I knew it would be hard.

By 40, I had had at least two mild, mental breakdowns. I was not hospitalised for the 2nd, but I was not functioning properly. When I look back at my life now at 61, I can count FIVE TIMES when my adrenal glands and mental capacity were at zero from exhaustion, and I was in mortal danger of a breakdown.

So, my message to you is this: When your body is screaming at you to take a sick day, to leave that abusive partner, to stop doing everything for your family, to stop people pleasing, or saying YES when you mean NO, stop being a masochist! There are no medals for carrying on and destroying your body and mind. And stop comparing yourself to others!! We don't have the mental capacity all the time to be machines.

Our MENTAL LIMITS ARE WHAT THEY ARE. So stop putting that kind of pressure on! Social media drives everyone to self-improvement. But all we have to be is better than who we were yesterday and that's not hard if you absorb the lessons.

So, bring it back to you. What do you need? NOT... What do you want? Your path depends on what you can handle. This crazy world sucks the life out of us and scares us 24/7. Previous generations did not have to maintain that level of NORMALISING just to get up and face the day. They had hope, family belonging, social rules and a lot less stress. Ok.

So remember to GAUGE YOUR LEVELS OF MENTAL CAPACITY AND YOUR STRESS like your life depends on it. Because it does...

Think of it like a social battery metre. When your mental capacity is low, check in with your body. Your body knows. It knows even when your brain is trying to push past it or deny it.

And rest from everything - especially technology.
​Ground in nature. Exercise. Get in touch with your body. Feed it right.

Squishy hugs.
Ghita

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