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Understanding mental and emotional distress | PART 2 - Saying goodbye to stress and anxiety forever

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Hello everyone, I hope you have read PART 1 of this blog. If not, then read it here .  So what can we do to find, and heal, ourselves? Because really – that is the only answer and the only way out of this mental distress mess we, as a race, find ourselves in. First and foremost, that habit you have of seeking external validation, of living in the past or the future - that habit needs to transform into a healthy connection and relevance.  We all need people around us, we are not an island, neither are we capable of being one. Wisdom and happiness come in knowing where to stop and where to begin, when to concede and when to say enough. But also remember that the world is your reflection. So if you find yourself around people who are always cribbing, or insulting others, or being mean to others, know that it is going to start taking root inside you too. It is not just others being mean to you, it is also you being mean to others. And it is also you con

Understanding mental and emotional distress | Part 1 Things we believe are natural, but are not.

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Hello everyone, I am writing this blog in two parts. Because I feel we don't pay much attention to something like stress and anxiety, which is becoming a common way of living now... 😨   So we have been talking a lot about anxiety and stress and depression. But what is it exactly? How do we, as a normal non-medical people ascertain if we indeed have anything of that sort in our minds? I am not going to talk about medical terms and symptoms of mental distress. 😊 I am going to share and list down things, actions, behaviors, feelings, and emotions that we go through in our daily lives that point to a downhill ride down-the-road. This list is developed after my own experience, and after taking note of all the things people around me have gone through, and are still going through. These actions or thoughts at first glance will look completely natural, and harmless. But know that these are the subtle pointers to your mental health. You don’t have t