This post was originally published at tickledthink.com. Republished here with permission. Over the past year, life has thrown me so many unexpected bumps and storms. A few of them are just too much for me to take. This year was probably one of the greatest challenges that I’ve had to face. I’ve lost someone very…
This post was originally published at tickledthink.com. Republished here with permission. For weeks now, I’ve been constantly suffocated by my own thoughts. Drowning with all the worries, the concerns, all the constant what-ifs. I lie down and try to close my eyes – hoping all those thoughts will just go away. But they don’t. They…
I have always been an anxious kid. I struggled to focus on anything good and positive. It was like I was constantly living in fear but I didn’t know what it was. And growing up, I thought that this was just me — that I was just different and that this was my “normal”. It…
Life is full of unexpected bumps, twists, and turns — it can beat us up, rips us apart and turn our whole world upside down. And for me, that moment happened two years ago. It was by far the most painful, heartbreaking and challenging season that I ever had to face. I was in a…
The darkest days of my life happened two years ago. I suddenly lost someone very dear to me. I was constantly facing financial struggles that seemed to be never-ending. And of course, it was also the time when depression came crashing into my life. It felt like my whole world stopped and I was just…
We all go through storms and struggles. Some are more difficult than others — it breaks us, tears us apart and turns our whole world upside down. So, I guess it’s safe to say that life is not always butterflies and rainbows, life can definitely be difficult sometimes. For me, last year was by far…
Over the past year, I’ve lived the darkest days of my life. I was hit with setbacks after setbacks, disappointments, financial struggles, heartaches, losses, and so much pain. They all came too fast that I didn’t even have enough time to catch my breath. Everything just became too overwhelming that it made me believe that…
It has been 2 years since depression came crashing into my life. And those two years were definitely my darkest and toughest days. It turned my whole world upside down and it tested every ounce of strength left in me. Waking up for me was the hardest. It was unbearable. The thought of having to…
I never really knew how important my mental health was until last year. You see, for a long time, I chose to neglect it. I used to work in a very stressful environment. I was overworked. Every day, I was constantly feeling super low, stressed and overwhelmed. But instead of doing something about it, I…
Clinging on to a negative thought, holding on to negativity is like poison — it slowly kills you from the inside. This was the case for me. You see, as a child, I was constantly being compared by the people that I love. For every mistake, every bad behavior I was made to believe that…
