Getting Help!

                                        
            This is not a PSA for depression...unless you want it to be.
         
         Wow! We're a week into the new year, and that usually means that people are working on their
 resolutions (if they haven't already). Mine is obviously talking to more people this year, but I think this  a year to work on yourself. Whether you want to get healthy, learn a skill, change careers, get a career, more friends, whatever!

    Sometimes those things can't be done on our own, therefore it is always great to seek help when you need it. I was severly depressed for a large amount of time, and when I finally had a break down that almost cost me my college career I knew that I couldn't battle this out on my own. I went through four psychologists to  until I finally found the right one to help me with my problems, but when you find the right one it is well worth it. It doesn't need to be a psychologist, but can be a friend, a relative, a teacher, a blog--whatever!

   I know I am sounding like a corny school guidance counselor, but sometimes we take on a lot of stress or try something that we have no idea how to do! Then we let our egos tell us that we don't need help and, for someone who likes to be independent like myself, it's hard to hear that we need an extra hand. If you still don't have a new year's resolution vow that you will do your hardest to make a better life for yourself, even if it's changing old habits.  Even if at the end of the year things don't go as plan (because sometimes they don't) you will know that you did something different than the year before and that's all that matters.

 

Here's some motivation from Iyanla Vanzant!