RE: Art, music, and mental health
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helps me trigger something just enough to not get sucked into too bad but unlock the feelings to get things moving again, either by writing or creating things.
Exactly this! Like we feel sad temporarily but actually feels better afterwards. Sometimes I have episodes when I just cry and let it all out cos I got triggered too much but realized it's good for me. This doesn't work for everyone and other people need to take therapy and medications but it is okay. I don't like people who make these people feel bad cos they think it's a "shortcut" and you just have to go through your day-to-day life without them but ugh living shouldn't be a struggle. Whether they think it's a shortcut or not it doesn't matter cos why even prolong your suffering when there are ways to help you manage it you know.
It's good to hear I'm not the only one feeling this. Good to know too that you're aware of it and can prevent some other stuff to happen as well. You're surviving and thriving! :D
Haha, I knew you'd understand. I was close to getting into therapy before we left Holland but then we made a bold last minute move and left. For me, getting out of the situation and environment was the absolute most important thing. Without that, staying there, even with tons of therapy, I would have never been able to heal at all.
I cried for years, with extreme emotional outbursts first, as the pain needed to get less heavy, but writing has helped me get through that better than any antidepressant. I had them, some years ago, but they were not my go to. I also saw how they can be extremely bad om someone's mood if they are not the right type and now I refrain from any prescription meds unless I absolutely need to. Such as these for my blood pressure (was dangerously high for a while).
These temporarily moments of sadness, pain, anger etc, sometimes make me go back in time to the point where I have flashbacks, but yet I still sometimes choose to get to that point as it seems I feel that it's needed to get out of some sort of mental block, if that makes sense :)
There's no right or wrong in my opinion to get over these things, everyone walks their own path, in their own shoes, and I only encourage people to try out writing, creating art to help themselves heal (if only a bit) as I think many of us lost their creative soul in hard times. I know I did. When I was young I was always creating things, doodling, drawing, painting etc.. I was super creative.. When the trauma years were there, I did none of these things. I only realized years after getting out of there, that I lost that part of me, I didn't allow it to be there. When I welcomed it back, I started to feel better... sometimes we need a reminder..
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Beautiful