Advice
Recognise the signs and indicators when feeling isolated & alone.
Your closest family/friends may notice changes in your body language, distant approach, lack of drive/motivation. Unable to hold eye contact. Not wanting to go out and meet up, cancelling appointments......
The most difficult moment we face when feeling anxious/depressed is the urge and instinct to pull away from those we love!
The hardest step and yet most rewarding is to accept you cannot do this by yourself. It takes great courage & strength to ask for HELP!
Pick up that phone and start your recovery by contacting your local GP, your local crisis team &/or Mental Health Service Advisor.
JULY
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Words to Inspire You.
""Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August."
JENNY HAN (Goodreads)
JULY
POEM OF THE MONTH
Each month I will showcase one of my poems. The aim is to reach out to all those suffering in silence. You are not alone.
"PAST" ( Let Your Voice Be Heard )
Growing up was hard enough, just look around to see how tough. The world is moving at a faster pace, everyone jostling to win the race...
No time for the dreamers and thinkers I'd note; Act along follow rules, hesitation will choke. See for yourself, step outside, alone with thoughts that are easy to hide...
I'd dream of being far more than I am, Like the rest I guess with no clear plan. Hoping for luck and a stronger appeal, a braver approach and fortune to steal...
But winning was not often on top of my list, When the fear of losing showed up with a fist! I'd cower and crumble and abandon my style, too many cynics to add waste to the pile...
Then came regret and remorse to fight through, tomorrow might be different, no panic that's new! The churning had settled, my calmness moved on; Time to start over, feel proud as your son...
Words were few and far between, playing safe would really go unseen. The boy in the corner with little to say, feeling worthless and terrified all too often each day...
Waiting for chance and luck to join in, Unable to take and force through, that's a sin! Falling back on religion, each Sunday to reflect, Seeing faces that smiled but in reality unchecked...
A lot has happened in this life I still live, unfocused, misguided, but plenty to give. I'm thankful for those who stood by my side, My family and friends who will always be mine...
The past is a tool to pick over at will. Easy to break down, our dark days to fill. Missing words and their meaning to empower to cope. Our reason for seeing the future and hope...
By F J Palmer.
