The Real Enemy Is Not Outside

Time for a short tale. Just imagine you have two friends.

The first friend, he knows nothing much about you. He just hangs around with you. That’s it. But the second friend knows everything about you – your fears, your dreams, your habits. Basically every small detail and despite knowing you so well he never corrects you. He is just there, in whatever you do even if it’s wrong.

If I ask you, who will you be more scared of? The first friend or the second friend?

The answer would of course be the second friend!

He resides no where outside but in you. But don’t be scared, he can’t do anything to you if you pay no attention to him. The more you focus on him the more powerful he becomes.

He will take your power to think, to differentiate between what’s right or wrong and will make you so weak mentally that you won’t be able to do the daily chores.

Getting out of your bed will be a big task.

Taking a shower yet another a huge task.

Doing things that you easily did before, will no longer seem easy.

The good news is, all of it won’t happen all of a sudden. It takes time. Time to break the existing habit and build a new one. He will gradually gain power. The main point is, you must know when to take back the power. If you can’t do it alone (no worry), there are people who are willing to help.

Nobody in this world can predict what you are thinking in your head. Nobody knows what you are going through unless you talk about it. The more you talk about him, the less power he will have over you. So SPEAK OUT and don’t be afraid of what others will think.

Be afraid of him gaining power not what otherwise.

He becomes powerful when you pay attention to whatever is said to you and even more powerful when you start believing that whatever is being said is also true.

As he resides within us, we will know if something is changing in us. So, be very proactive. When you notice a habit being formed which is bad for you, start taking back steps or even seek help.

The second friend that I have been referring to all this while has affected “264 million people of all ages” according to WHO.

Mental health is as important as physical health. We just don’t give much importance to the former one just because we can’t see it. That’s what makes it even more of a serious issue. If you can’t see it, you will never know what your near and dear ones are going through thus you won’t be of any help.

Start paying close attention to people around you and be KIND to others.

This can’t be an end to the blog post. There will be a couple of posts in future on the same topic as a continuation. Till then to know more about mental health you can visit the WHO website, here is the link https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression. You can also listen to https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2k9RJJSgg/.