How I’m overcoming my mental illness

Life can be difficult, I’m not going to sugar coat it. Therefore we must become resilient, strong, good natured, and dedicated towards our own end goals. The way that I’m overcoming my own mental illnesses is by reminding myself that God is with me and that this will only be for a moment. Let’s dive into how I’m overcoming these mental illnesses that I have.

I remind myself that God is in control

            I’ll be honest with you guys, sometimes I get into this panic of, “oh what if? And oh but there’s this!, and oh this might happen.” And then when it comes down to it, it never happens. But I get so worried about the future that it troubles my soul and that’s not good. However, whenever I do get into this mode, I remind myself that God is in control and only the things that God allows to happen is going to happen.

            I remember back when I was a kid, all of the bullies would always be hurting me to the point where I was always panicking. I was always paranoid and conscious about what might happen and what I should do next or how I can battle that person because it hurt being with them all the time.

I pray about my situation

            There is no substitute for prayer. You pray once and God takes care of the rest. God helps us to ease our minds because ultimately it boils down to this. You cannot control the situation, You cannot control the future, however, God can control the situation, and God can control the future.

            I remember once I was in school and all of the kids always called me ugly. I hated it. They always said that I was one ugly kid, so I said alright fine, if everyone thinks I’m ugly, then I won’t deal with anyone. Later on I started hanging out with this girl and I’ll be honest with you, she was HOT, and she liked me. It was at this moment that I started to see the real value in me. It was strange because all this time I thought that I was worthless. I thought no one cared about me. I thought that I was ugly and that no one wanted to be around me.

            After that hot girl, another hot girl came into my life and that girl became my girlfriend in high school. It was funny, because then all of the bullies stopped with their hateful comments, then I didn’t hear from the bullies, then I realized that they were just jealous of me.

            Anyways my point is this, I prayed about my situation and God had it under control the whole time. The real thing was that I didn’t need to listen to all of those bullies, the only ones that I needed to listen to where the good people in my life. Why? Because those were the people who mattered to me. God opened my eyes to the fact that all of those bullies were just saying lies, thank you God.

I consult with wiser people about my situation

            I’ll be honest here, sometimes I really don’t believe in what the doctors are telling me. I do what they say, but I don’t really believe that what they are saying is going to help me out. I’m just in it for the ride to be honest with you.

            So, what does that have to do with this? I consult with wiser people, such as my pastor, or my parents, or my uncles and aunts and I take heed of their advice for I believe that they are the ones who care about me the most.

            Thank you all for listening in on this blog post. I hope that I have been an encouragement and inspiration to you guys. Please pray, read your bible, go to church, and love God above all else. Like, comment, share, and subscribe and I will see you all next time. German Gonzalez, signing out!