Asking for Help Is an Important Skill
There are several excuses we give ourselves to explain why we don’t ask for the help we need. None of them are accurate, though we believe they are.
There are several excuses we give ourselves to explain why we don’t ask for the help we need. None of them are accurate, though we believe they are.
Many of our mood changes are cyclical. By tracking our moods, we can learn the identifying factors of a cycle change and take steps to manage them.
We can learn to manage our cycles and triggers and influence their impact upon our mental health. Doing so helps us get to a place of peace.
We all have down cycles, so why don’t we plan for them? Future care is about simple steps we can take when we are well to make our next down cycle easier.
Most of us think of depression as a simple experience, but what I learned in my class is the Depression Cycle is more complicated than that.