MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

YOU ARE NOT YOUR ILLNESS. YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL STORY TO TELL. YOU HAVE A NAME, A HISTORY, A PERSONALLY STAYING YOURSELF IS PART OF THE BATTLE - JULIAN SEIFTER | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

SELF-CARE IS ONE OF THE ACTIVE WAYS THAT I LOVE MYSELF. WHEN YOU CAN AND AS YOU CAN, IN WAYS THAT FEEL LOVING, MAKE TIME AND SPACE FOR YOURSELF - TRACEE ELLIS ROSS | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

AS YOU GROW OLDER, YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT YOU HAVE TWO HANDS, ONE FOR HELPING YOURSELF, THE OTHER FOR HELPING OTHERS - MAYA ANGELOU | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

SLOW, DEEP BREATHING IS IMPORTANT, IT'S LIKE AN ANCHOR IN THE MIDST OF AN EMOTIONAL STORM: THE ANCHOR WON'T GET RID OF THE STORM, BUT IT WILL HOLD YOU STEADY UNTIL IT PASSES | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

REST AND SELF CARE ARE SO IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU TAKE TIME TO REPLENISH YOUR SPIRI, IT ALLOWS YOU TO SERVE OTHERS FROM THE OVERFLOW. YOU CAN NOT SERVE FROM EMPTY VESSEL. | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

"I FOUND THAT WITH DEPRESSION, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN REALIZE IS THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST TO GO THROUGH IT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THE LAST TO GO THROUGH IT," -DWAYNE JOHNSON| MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

PEOPEL FEEL SO MACH SHAME ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, SO IF, BY TALKING ABOUT IT, I CAN EVEN HAVE IMPACT ON ONE PERSON, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME| MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

ANYTHING THAT'S HUMAN IS MENTIONABLE, AND ANYTHING THAT IS MENTIONBLE CAN BE MORE MANAGEBLE. WHEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR FEELINGS THEY BECOME LESS OVERWHELMING LESSUPSETING AND LESS SCERY | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

PART OF MY IDENTITY IS SAYING NO TO THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO... I CHECK IN WITH MYSELF THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND I SAY, 'DO I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS?' AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THAN I DON'T DO IT. AND YOU SHOLDN'T EITHER | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THERAPY IS THAT THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOUR BLIND SPOTS ARE. ALTHOGHT THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AND PAINFUL, IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO WORK WITH | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

PROMISE ME YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER: YOU'RE BRAVER THAN YOU BELIEVE, AND STROGER THAN YOU SEEM, AND SMARTER THAN YOU THINK | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

BETTER NOT TO GIVE IN TO IT. IT TAKES TEN TIMES AS LONG TO PUT YOURSELF BACK TOGETHER AS IT DOES TO FALL APART | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

AND SOMETIMES I HAVE KEPT MY FEELINGS TO MYSELF, BECAUSE I COULD FIND NO LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE THEM IN | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

I AM NOT AFRAID OF STORMS FOR I AM LEARNING HOW TO SAIL MY SHIP | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

HAPPINESS CAN BE FOUND EVEN IN THE DARKNESS OF TIMES, IF ONE ONLY REMEMBERS TO TURN ON THE LIGHT | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

ALMOST EVERYTHING WILL WORK AGAIN IF YOU UNPLUG IT FOR A FEW MINITUS, INCLUDING YOU. | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

I TOLD MY PSYCHIATRIST THAT EVERYONE HATES ME. HE SAID I WAS BEING RIDICULOUS EVERYONE HASN'T MET ME YET| MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

WHEN WE REMEMBER WE ARE ALL MAD, THE MYSTERIES DISAPPEAR AND LIFE STANDS EXPLAINED. | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

IF WE START BEING HONEST ABOUT OUR PAIN, OUR ANGER, AND OUR SHORTCOMINGS INSTED OF PRETANDING THEY DON'T EXIT, THEN MAYBE WE'LL LEAVE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAN WE FOUND IT | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

ALLOW YOURSELF THE THINGS YOU NEED RIGHT NOW. WHETHER THAT'S SPACE, REST, SUPPORT, OR SOMETHING ELSE, KNOWTHAT YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN FOR TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

IT'S OKAY YOU KNOW? IT'S OKAY TO BE YOU. IT'S OKAY TO JUST NOT BE OKAY. IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY. | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

IF YOU WERE BORN WITH THE WEAKNESS TO FALL, YOU WERE BORN WITH THE STRENGTH TO RISE | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

MY DARK DAYS MADE ME STRONGER. OR MAY BE I ALREADY WAS STRONG, AND THEY MADE ME PROVE IT. | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES

THE STRONGEST PEOPLE ARE NOT THOSE WHO SHOW STRENGTH IN FRONT OF THE WORLD BUT THOSE WHO FIGHTS AND WIN BETTLES THAT OTHERS DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. | MENTAL HEALTH SLIMES