
Life's A Chibi: A Trapped Mind
Was inspired by a TV show I was watching that dealt with someone with depression, anxiety and self doubt, and I felt connected to him in those ways. There are times I feel like while in those stages, you can't help but hear and see all the things your panic fueled brain is producing - hearing the small voices in your head that are scrambling to try to find the answers you wish to find and seeing possible "outcomes" of worst case scenarios that you are worrying over. No off switch, no mute button, no changing channel. Your body is helpless while your mind is free to project thoughts and emotions that you don't wish to feel. Sometimes its hard to find ways to distract your mind or switch to a different track of thought when your mind itself is the conductor of the runaway train.
All you can do is remember to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground, take a few calm breathes and try to unfog your mind. Your mind needs distractions from worry. Do something that will stimulate your mind - something fun and enjoyable. Issues are harder to deal with you hear nothing but doubt and worry. After all the anxiety filled voices and echos subside, then you might be able to find the answer to your worries with ease. Remember to breathe and never feel like you are a prisoner within your own mind.
artwork © 2021 Alex Cockburn
All you can do is remember to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground, take a few calm breathes and try to unfog your mind. Your mind needs distractions from worry. Do something that will stimulate your mind - something fun and enjoyable. Issues are harder to deal with you hear nothing but doubt and worry. After all the anxiety filled voices and echos subside, then you might be able to find the answer to your worries with ease. Remember to breathe and never feel like you are a prisoner within your own mind.
artwork © 2021 Alex Cockburn
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This nicely encapsulates how I am currently feling. The last two months have been ..rough - to say the least.
Break-up after six years of relationship, including the mental aftermath of that, and then recently the death of my grandma - last member of my family who meant anything to me. And on top of that all the "regular" attempts of my depression to drail my life...
Break-up after six years of relationship, including the mental aftermath of that, and then recently the death of my grandma - last member of my family who meant anything to me. And on top of that all the "regular" attempts of my depression to drail my life...
I have suffered that a lot... It's terrible. I have been fantasizing of doing suicide way too often and have been diagnosed with depression too. Life is rather difficult... I look around and seem to see how "everyone else is doing better than I am" and so much reason for self doubt and so on... Yesterday after like 25 years it got to point where i was like... What is point of it... Point of constantly worrying. Why to bother stressing about... Everything when life will have it's way anyways. What if I'd just drop all those heavy stone weights of worry and stress from my shoulder and instead would focus to just live... To live in the very now... Of what is real to me on this very moment.. and i mean.. with where i am physically, what i can touch . And interact with. And focus doing my best with what i have influence.. right now and what i can physically do right now...
It was and is relief...
And i found odd peace and calm... Like... not sure when i have felt like this before if ever?
I'll do my share of what can be done... And leave rest for the world... What happens happens. So what.. I'll do what I do and live with it. I no longer desire to give a F*** for worries. But instead focus on concerns that i can do something about... My life will be what it will be.. and that is what I need to constantly accept and live with. But hey.. by participating on it.. i can maybe steer it towards things I'd prefer and... Heh... Having a smile on my face hopefully most of rest of my life.. i may get people to wonder why the heck i am smiling and happy more often when so many around me are unhappy. Well... If you read this far you'll know.
It was and is relief...
And i found odd peace and calm... Like... not sure when i have felt like this before if ever?
I'll do my share of what can be done... And leave rest for the world... What happens happens. So what.. I'll do what I do and live with it. I no longer desire to give a F*** for worries. But instead focus on concerns that i can do something about... My life will be what it will be.. and that is what I need to constantly accept and live with. But hey.. by participating on it.. i can maybe steer it towards things I'd prefer and... Heh... Having a smile on my face hopefully most of rest of my life.. i may get people to wonder why the heck i am smiling and happy more often when so many around me are unhappy. Well... If you read this far you'll know.
depressions are like deep waters, with help you can stay up and float with good times... but sometimes you drown and fall into the depts and cant see anything else than darkness around you.
im sure youre touching many hearts with that picture.
so faved from my side.
im sure youre touching many hearts with that picture.
so faved from my side.
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