Thank you so much for sharing this open and honest video about your mental health Mads! I also loved the journaling tip, I’ve tried using bullet journals before but I get all caught up in wanting it to look good 😂🤦🏻♀️ I totally connect with movement being good for my mental health, as well as filling your own cup before helping others. Can’t wait for the next video!!!
I used to be the exact same with bullet journaling and when I got too stuck on the making it look "perfect" I ended up doing it less and less! Remember it's only for you
LOVE this! I talk about the hot shower trick all the time. So many reminders of the things that I find important too, but also things for me to work on more *cough* own oxygen mask first *cough*
Hi Maddie, I’m 43 years old and also from Hobart. I am a Type 1 Diabetic with a couple of other very serious medical conditions, one being a Neurological Disorder/disease. When I first became sick at around 21 I started to really struggle with my mental health. I became so depressed due to all I was going through physically. I didn’t even know I was depressed. I just knew that I was feeling really bad about everything. One year I spent 31 weeks in hospital. It was whilst I was an inpatient that my Specialist got a psychiatrist to come in and have a chat and obviously do an evaluation of my mental health. I was diagnosed with severe clinical depression, OCD and Generalised Anxiety Disorder. I honestly didn’t have a clue I had those conditions. I thought I felt the way I did because I was in a lot of physical pain and because my world has been blown apart by the diagnosis’s I’d been given which, of course, was not in my life plan. I was diagnosed at a time where mental illness was still not openly spoken about or discussed. In fact I felt like I was bringing shame to my family and friends because I had these mental health conditions. Even my Parents struggled coming to terms with it and thought it would be best for us not to tell other people outside of our immediate family. It was just awful! I felt outside of my team of medical professionals I had no support whatsoever. Eventually my depression, anxiety and OCD got so bad that I attempted to commit suicide. It was at this stage my Psychiatrist admitted me to a private mental health clinic where I remained for 3 months. I know this will sound funny but it was the best thing that could have happened to me. I was supported and treated by my Psychiatrist, a couple of Psychologists and a team of mental health nursing staff. Whilst I was an inpatient at the clinic I was able to have my mental health comprehensively evaluated, they changed my medications about 3 times until they found the right combination that worked for me. I also learned skills, tools and strategies to be help me manage my conditions and also soothe and support myself. I am so incredibly happy that mental health is no longer taboo and is so openly discussed and accepted these days. Having a mental health condition and seeking help from a Doctor for those conditions is absolutely no different to someone seeing a Doctor for any other condition. I’ve been on the same medication for over 20 years now and it is still working well for me. I still have bad days, sometimes bad weeks but I am able to acknowledge them and know that the difficult times will pass and that it is also okay to allow myself to rest and also to reach out if I need some support or help. Thank you so much for sharing these videos Maddie. You are doing such a brilliant job and I am can relate to so much of what you say. It’s also really great to know that there are other people out there who struggle. It makes me feel not so alone 💗.
