I am officially losing me ever lasting mind

Hi there, I’m no expert, this is just a personal experience:

Your perception of this suffering is important. One thing I learned from dealing with my own PTSD is not to label myself as “depressed” or any other mental illness because:

1) It becomes part of who I am, it defines me like being a male, black and depressed. How can you recover from something that is permanent, defines you and part of who you are? You can’t.

2) It implies that there’s actually something wrong with who I am and that I’m not “normal”. It helped to understand that people are not either “depressed” or “normal”, it’s not black and white, it’s a spectrum and everyone is somewhere on that spectrum.

Breathing techniques helped me, I changed my diet and joined a sports club, and most importantly, and this was the most challenging part in my journey, I limited the influence of toxic people in my life and removed some of them permanently from my life. I’m trying to surround myself with people who mostly make me smile, laugh, think or anything but make me feel bad, sad, angry shamed or guilty.

I’m also searching for a Tai Chi center, from what I read it helps like in a magical way.

Personally, psychedelics helped me but if you wish to go that road I advise you to do it with a professional sitter who not only can take your hand through the journey, but can also tell if going this road is a good idea in your case or not.

Good luck :)

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