If You Haven’t Got Your Mental Health, You Haven’t Got Anything

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Do you ever just feel like you need a mental health day? Like even more than all the other days? Like you just wanna punch the next person who asks you how your day is in the face? Like you’re super anti-social and it just so happens that EVERYONE wants you to hang out with them or go to x,y, and z TODAY? And you can’t believe you used the word “like” that many times in one blog post?! No? Every day is peaches and rainbows and unicorns? Oh… well this is awkward …

Well then I guess this will just be a hypothetical list of what to do… if you ever have one of those days… hypothetically… Because no one has those days…

1) Breathe. Believe it or not, breathing is very useful. IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. Just take a minute to chill. Deep slow breaths. Starting… NOW!

Ok so now that that’s over we can actually start the real… hypothetical… list! Yay for fake outs!

1) Do you like reading? No? Oh… well then skip this one… BUT, if you DO like reading, go read! For heaven’s sake, everyone knows if you’re feeling down in the dumps and quite un-peopley, you should read something in some place very far away and very unpopulated.

1.5) You don’t like reading so I’m guessing you like the silver screen better. So grab a few platinum discs and a bag of popcorn, find a nice secluded area with a TV and forget about reality for a couple of hours.

2) Do you like tea?… Coffee?… Errr… Gatorade? You know what, get some sort of liquid beverage and drink it while you are engrossing yourself in the world of books or movies. Since it’s getting chilly outside, I would suggest something warm and sweet, but hey, super cold works too… if you wanna freeze your innards…

3) Blankets. There’s just something about pulling a nice fleece blanket up to your chin right around the time when the leaves are starting to fall. And besides, you gotta have something to spill on when you burn the sam heck out of your tongue with that hot beverage. Or if you opted for the other, your need something to prevent hypothermia.

4) Perhaps you’re not the sit down and relax kind of person. You have entirely too much on your mind like I do 89.7% of the time. In that case, I suggest you go for a walk. By yourself of course. Get a nice pair of cowboy boots (because I hear they’re good for walking), leave your cell phone at home and just enjoy the cool weather while letting your mind roam free. It’s really a great feeling to scuffle through the leaves without anyone fighting for your attention.

5) Stop reading this blog post and get this list done so you’re not a zombie for the whole weekend! Because let’s face it, you’ve got places to go, things to do and people to see. So we need to get rid of this anti-social business!!… oh wait, you don’t have that problem… Well then… We need to hypothetically get rid of this hypothetical anti-social business hypothetically!!

Happy reading/watching/walking!

~Rachel
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Rachel

Hey my name is Rachel and I’m a chocoholic… oops! Wrong blog! :) I am about to be a sophomore at Howard Payne University majoring in Psychology so that I can become a student counselor some fine day. Basically, I’m a good old fashioned (but not fashionable) Southern (but not too Southern), Baptist (except I can dance), country-fried (not literally. it‘s just a Southern expression… ok maybe I am a bit more Southern than I thought) kid (even though I am 18). Hope you enjoy my blog and have a lovely day!!

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