My mental health has ebbed and flowed since the beginning of the year. When 2021
first began, I was on a complete positive high. I was ecstatic that I made it through the
year 2020 without contracting the Coronavirus. I was extremely grateful that my family made it through the height of the pandemic without losing any lives. I was excited about the possibility of the new year and looking forward to so many things in the new year: spending more time with family, possible travel, starting this blog, among a few other things. My outlook was completely optimistic, and my mental health was in a great place. As the year progressed and challenges came, my mental health remained steady-not at an extreme high like the beginning of the year, but steady and stable.
Steady and stable is a much more sustainable mental space. Even though the extreme highs are fun and feel great, I have learned that they can lead way to extreme lows. Extreme lows are extremely hard to come out of, and that is why I strive to stay in a steady and stable place mentally each day.
Here are some of the ways I stay in a steady and stable place mentally:
1. How is your mental health right now?
2. How has your mental health changed since the beginning of the year?
3. What are you doing to improve your mental health?
4. What severity is your mental health on a scale of 1 to 10?
5. Do you believe childhood trauma has impacted your current mental health?
6. What mental illnesses do you struggle with?
7. How old were you when you knew you had mental health issues?
8. How has your mental health changed over the years?
9. What types of medical treatments have you tried for your mental health?
10. Have you been to therapy or counseling for your mental health?
11. What natural remedies do you use for your mental health?
12. Have lifestyle changes made an impact on your mental state?
13. What are some daily habits or routines that help your mental health?
14. Describe your mental health morning routine.
15. Describe your mental health nighttime routine.
16. What are some things people get wrong about mental health?
17. What do you wish you could explain to people about mental health?
18. What misconceptions about mental health did you learn about?
19. What has been your experience with stress?
20. How has stress impacted your life?
21. What are some of your stress-relieving methods?
22. What is your experience with anxiety?
23. Have you been officially diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?
24. What do you do on a daily basis to help with your anxiety?
25. What anxiety triggers do you have?
26. Have you given anything up to help with your anxiety?
27. Do you have people you can talk to about your anxiety?
28. Do you suffer from depression?
29. Has your depression been officially diagnosed?
30. What severity is your depression?
31. What are some of your depression triggers?
32. Does journaling your feelings help with your mental health?
33. Have you found a specific form of journaling that helps the most?
34. How do you feel about stream of consciousness journaling?
35. Start a gratitude journal and write 5-10 things you are grateful for.
36. Do you find journaling your daily feelings and thoughts is helpful?
37. Does writing about a specific topic in your journal help you?
38. Write something creative in your journal today, such as a poem or short story.
39. How are you feeling today?
40. What is something that made you feel happy recently?
41. What is something that made you feel sad recently?
42. What is something new you tried recently?
43. Focus on gratitude today. What are you most grateful for?
44. How is your mental health different when you spend more time alone?
45. How often do you reach out to other people?
46. How do you feel about other people reaching out to you?
47. What kind of self-care practices are part of your routine?
48. Do you practice self-love?
49. How do you feel about self-help for your mental health?
50. What can you do TODAY to improve your mental health?
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