SJ Longthorne

Mental health is a weird one. For me, recovery has always always always meant doing the thing that my mind wants to do least. My head's like, "Hey, that thing that would make you feel better? It sounds awful. Never do that."

It's true that some of the hardest battles are fought in the mind. How do you persevere with something despite your own body and mind resisting — to the point where even thinking about trying triggers a very real physical sensation of repulsion?

Ah yeah, the vicious cycle: No energy to do a thing, even if you'll feel worse for not doing it. Thanks, brain!

Right? My brain's solution is often "Let's talk about it on Twitter!", but if people then DM me to talk about it the "Ew, no" kicks back in again.

Yep! There's just no easy solution for these moments. It's often someone else who has to make me do something. But then that makes me also feel bad. Agh!