Know, Love, and Be Yourself!
“To be yourself in
a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest
accomplishment”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
These 3 tenements of life advice have
been handed down through the ages and are great wisdom for living your life
fully and happily. If you can achieve these hallmarks, then your life will be
inundated with positive and creative feelings where you begin to look outward
vs. inward.
However, we spend too much of our
life caught in the same vicious cycle of unsuccessfully trying to calm/delete
our “demons”. Unfortunately, we normally end up
using the “wrong” strategies, like alcohol, drugs, and or prescription medication
vs. engaging in psychotherapy, counseling, or self-help programs.
We know that there is widespread
mental pain being suffered by over 42,000,000 US individuals and only 10% seek and
receive professional mental health treatment. So, 36,000,000 of you are
needlessly still in great angst.
The Self Help or Self Improvement business is
growing and estimated to reach $16.1 Billion in sales in 2016. Although there
is no definitive evidence that these work, it still gets you started with an
attempt to resolve your issues and possibly move on to the more qualified
mental health treatments.
Brain plasticity allows our brains to
grow and heal until death. The brain is best expanded with learning and
practicing new mind/body skills which help to rewire the neurons and synapses
so you can eventually reach the desired “peace of mind” stage. This can be
achieved by counseling/psychotherapy and/or self- help programs. Medications
will work faster to help in severe depression/anxiety cases, but the
combination of therapy and medication have the highest success rates overall.
And psychotherapy can work alone and has been proven to beat medication only and it actually helps rewire your brain. Plus, it
is permanent vs. some recidivism for medication alone.
Is seems like the time is now for you
to “own up” to your issues and seek professional mental health treatment. You
will then begin to know, love, and be yourself creating a whole new, wonderful
world.
