Adulting with a side of anxiety: Life as a mentally interesting person.

Disclaimer: Mental illness is a serious matter and should not be taken lightly. This blog post is intended to provide humor and laughter to those who are struggling with mental health issues.

Being an adult with a mental illness is like playing Jenga with your emotions. One wrong move and your whole life can come crashing down. It's like trying to balance your mental health while juggling work, relationships, bills, and the occasional existential crisis.

It's like having a little gremlin in your brain that constantly whispers negative thoughts and feeds off your anxiety. It's like being stuck in a never-ending cycle of self-doubt, panic attacks, and therapy sessions. It's like trying to explain to your boss why you need a mental health day without sounding like a total basket case.

But hey, at least we have medication, right? It's like playing a game of "Guess the Side Effect" every time you try a new antidepressant. Will it make me gain weight? Will it make me lose my hair? Will it make me hallucinate unicorns? The possibilities are endless.

And let's not forget about the joys of therapy. It's like paying someone to listen to you ramble about your problems for an hour every week. It's like trying to convince a stranger that you're not completely insane. It's like being forced to confront your deepest fears and insecurities while trying to maintain a shred of dignity.

But in all seriousness, being an adult with a mental illness is tough. It takes strength, courage, and a whole lot of humor to get through the tough times. So, let's raise a glass (of water, because alcohol and

medication don't mix) to all the mental health warriors out there. Keep fighting the good fight, and remember to laugh at the absurdity of it all.

But in all seriousness we need to strive to find the beauty in our pain, otherwise that pain can eat you alive. I recently heard lilly reinhart speaking on depression and anxiety and i must say it was so incredibly illuminating so i leave it below for you all, enjoy.

( Lilli Reinhart on the jay Shetty podcast )

" I like to think if i started out as a celestial being, this just energy and the universe or God or whomever say" hey, do you want to go to earth for an incredibly short time ? like a blip and experience every emotion you could possibly feel as a human you get to have all these experiences , love , heart ache, anxiety, joy and euphoria whatever ... all of it . Do you want to do that ?" um yeah i do !!! and so when i am feeling these intense feelings its sort of like a reality check to step outside and say although this is a very painful uncomfortable feeling, its quite beautiful that i have the capacity to experience it. That is sort of something that i use to ground myself when i am stuck in a feeling of darkness. "