Answering a few questions about my London to Paris bike ride for mental health in September.
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On September 12th 2017 I will be leaving London to cycle to Paris. I am doing this to share my own story and encourage others to take action also toward better mental health. For a few years I had anxiety and panic attacks along with low self-esteem, weight gain, insomnia, depression and so on. I finally reached a point where I really wanted things to change and I refused to believe that it was something that could not be changed. I felt that I had lived life without it and I knew that that could be possible again. I felt that I had been given anxiety and panic attacks for a reason, they were warning signals to me that something was not right and I needed to make changes. I needed to listen to my body. I refused to allow myself to simply accept the labels of 'anxiety sufferer' and to 'have problems with mental health' and just sink into living with a 'coping' mindset. I didn't want to simply cope with anxiety, I wanted to thrive! To live life to the full with, or without, anxiety.
So I started researching myself, my anxiety, my panic attacks, my mind, my body. I turned to face my anxiety and embrace it. Look at it, sit with it, understand it. I made diet and lifestyle changes. I started eating a more plant based, or vegan, diet. I started doing relaxation exercises, getting outside more, doing some exercise, reading about people who felt the same, reading quotes about all the things I was feeling. I learnt to face my mental health, that we all have mental health and we can all have good mental health, the best that is possible for us. We can become the best version of ourselves. Anxiety and panic attacks can be temporary, or at the most a small, part of our lives. I now feel like a completely different person living a life I never thought possible when my anxiety was at it's worst.
Some Ted Talks I found, and still find, helpful to my mental health and wellbeing:
Brene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability
• The power of vulnerabi...
Glennon Doyle Melton: Lessons from the Mental Hospital
• Lessons from the Menta...
Scott Dinsmore: How to find and do work you love
• How to find and do wor...
Brene Brown: Why your critics aren't the ones who count
• Brené Brown: Why Your ...
Helpful websites and people to contact if you need help:
www.mentalheal...
www.thecalmzon...
www.mind.org.uk/
• Why I'm Cycling London...
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