Colour Your Life

  Thriving on Your Journey The Emptiness and The Glow This entire blog is about coping mechanisms. There would be no need for coping mechanisms at all if we never felt sad, anxious, or a lack of self worth. Of course those feelings are quite normal and usually not much of an issue if they are short lived. It’s when they persist, worsen and even combine that we start to feel that hollow, aching feeling that I call The Emptiness. Even if that term doesn’t resonate with you, I’m sure you can understand what it is that I am trying to describe. It’s a long term, deep unhappiness. When you are fighting against The Emptiness, it can feel so bleak that it’s difficult to find a way out. If it is so bad that you can’t function, you need to get professional help and I once again I have to remind you I’m not a health professional, these are only my opinions. A professional counsellor or psychiatrist is necessary to help you through the worst of those days and set you on the road to recovery. B...

  Thrive In the last post I gave a brief introduction of myself and that this blog will be about thriving and surviving with mental health issues. Remember I am not a health professional, these are just my opinions. And if you are in urgent need of assistance, find the mental health hot line in your area. In that last post I touched on the concept of thriving, even with a mental health issue. So what does it mean to thrive? Let's look at that in detail. When a plant is considered to be thriving, it has all it's basic needs met and the conditions for growth and reproduction are near perfect. The leaves and stems look upright and healthy, flowers are prolific and the plant just seems to have a glow about it. Animals are a little different because they can intentionally interact with one another. When an animal is thriving, it has it's basic needs for food and shelter met, but there are a few more conditions that need to be right for the animal to thrive. It also needs it'...