What to do when your feeling down

We all go through hard times in life, it is what you make of it that counts.

Everyone deals with their problems in a different way, but I've learnt the hard way that bottling them inside as a way of dealing with it will only make it worse. One of the best things to do is find someone who you trust and can confide in and tell them how you feel and what caused you to feel that way.

Personally, I also have a notebook full of ways telling yourself how to deal with these issues and, as someone who suffers with anxiety as a repercussion of earlier issues, would thoroughly recommend also finding a way to cope yourself because you may not be able to see that person that day or for a few days afterwards, so it is always worth finding a way that you can deal with it even in the short term.

For me I also found a couple of ways to rely on for escaping the world whether for an hour or a few minutes any break can be worth while. I use music and books as my way to escape the world, with a simple book I can escape this world into a place where I can feel safe and not have to face reality, for a small time anyway. Music that has been my salvation I honestly do not know where I would be without it and I am being entirely truthful if I say that music really did save my life, it was my safe haven and always will be the lyrics always found a way to express how I was feeling even if I did not know myself.

Hope this was helpful and remember you are stronger than you think.

Until later,
Laura xxx