Mission and Vision
My mission is to help people, who like me struggle with self-image and mental health, improve and cope with them. Under the menu, you will see three sections labeled 1) Self-Help, 2) Mental Health, and 3) Self-Health.
Under the Self-Help section, there will be posts on getting your self-esteem back, boosting your self-confidence, and loving yourself.
The Mental Health section will have posts discussing various tips and ways to cope with bipolar, depression, and anxiety (sometimes trauma, PTSD, and depression).
The Self-Health section is going to be posts about how to handle the mental health issues while working on self-help.
I welcome anyone who struggles with one or both of these topics to read as much as you can! Those of you who know someone who does and wants to help and/or understand that person are welcome to read as well!
Credibility
Now I do not have any types of certified credentials, but I do have self-experience and research.
For instance, I will be sharing ways that I have found that work for me to help me cope with my mental health, and boost my self-image.
I will also post the things that I tried, but they didn’t work for me……but hey…… it may work for you!
I have struggled with mental health and self-image issues ever since I was a child.
A Little Bit About Me
Childhood
I was diagnosed at a young age with mental health issues, but I went through 4 wrong diagnoses until finally getting my diagnosis of bipolar with schezophrenic tendencies at the age of 16. Throughout that time, the doctors were constantly changing my medication because the ones they had me on were not working for me.
When I was around 12-13 years old, I was on a medication that messed up my thyroid, which in turn, made me gain weight.
Now, you would think that this is where my self image problems would start right?
Well you would be wrong. My self image problems actually happened because I was being made fun of for having mental health issues as a child. I stopped telling people I had mental health issues because of that.
When I moved schools I didn’t tell anyone about the mental health issues because I felt ashamed and out of place for having the issues.
Teenage Years
Fast forward to my teenage years….
I was hiding a part of myself from the world because I felt like since I had these mental health issues, there was something wrong with me…..that I was a werido or freak.
Its all thanks to the kids that bullied me in my childhood for having those issues.
Remember how I told you earlier that I was put on a medication that messed with my thyroid when I was about 12-13?
Well, now in my teen years I was getting teased and made fun of because of the weight I was gaining.
After that the way I saw myself was never the same. My self-image had finally plummeted to the bottom which made me develop depression as well.
Present Time
Now if we jump to the present, I have started to realize I need to change my thinking if I am ever to be happy with myself.
I am just under a month away from my 30th birthday and I realize that the path for me to start being happy with myself is 1) improving the way I see myself and 2) learn coping techniques to help me with my mental issues with as little medications as possible.
As of right now I am on an antipsychotic medication and two different anxiety medications.
Hopefully, I will be able to get rid of one if not both of the anxiety medications by trying to improve my self image and mental health.
Thats not all I hope for though…….I also hope that I can help some of you in my journey to self-improvement and mental health by giving yall some hope and information to help yourselves as well!!!!
Thank yall for taking the time to read this!!! Until next time and have a wonderful time!! -Kris at KraftyKitty94
