Let's talk about mental health

So nowadays, it's pretty common for young people to have some variation of depression and/or anxiety. I personally am diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and I am also questioning whether or not I have bipolar disorder and I am meeting with a psychiatrist as soon as possible to see if it could be that or something else.

In recent days and weeks, I've noticed that my mental health is declining. I'm not going to go into the specifics because I don't feel very comfortable sharing such things on a platform that is supposed to be used for positive content. The main thing I've noticed is that I don't feel like myself and I feel like nothing is worth the effort anymore and that my self-esteem has absolutely plummeted. I am unstable.

Last night, I was watching a youtube video from Springbok ASMR (yes, I do listen to ASMR; it's very calming and it can lower anxiety) called How to Overcome Depression and Anxiety with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (which I have pictured above). I believe that everyone could take something away from this video and perhaps be soothed in the process. In the video she focuses mostly on the bottom level of the hierarchy which addresses the basic human needs of breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, and excretion, and she mainly talks about food, water, and sleep.

I 100% agree that if everything else seems to falter, you can always fall back on these basic needs to take care of; most of the time, those things are faltering because you are neglecting one or more of the basic needs listed. Most importantly though, make sure you are getting the right nutrients into your body by eating right, drink lots of water, and make sure to get at least eight hours of sleep a night. I highly recommend watching the video, since she knows how to explain it much better than I do and it helped me feel better.

I am probably going to make another video about mental health sometime in the future, hopefully tomorrow. I hope you can understand if I am not so present as I have been, as I said I have recently taken a toll on my own mental health. Thank you. Have a beautiful and fantastic day.