
Ripple effect
You will find many "experts" in the area of wellbeing at the moment. There is a lot of noise and chatter out there. Those who sell absolutes, the panacea or "the cure" always raise suspicions.
My hunch is that as yet no one person has found the key, cause or solution to psychological suffering. Human beings are exquisitely different and complex. New discoveries are made every day and it can be hard to keep up and know who to trust.
With all that I have learned and experienced in this line of work and in my own life, I know one thing to be true. No one supplement, exercise, treatment or therapy suits all people.
Each human has lived and experienced a life that no other will ever truly know and understand. You are the only one in every frame of your own life. What went before impacts what is to come.
For me, counselling and psychotherapy are about two minds meeting as best they can and moving on from there. Allowing clients to be, allows them to trust themselves, grow and change and then maybe they will go on to experience and act in the world differently, more fully and more safely.
Nobody changes in isolation. When you take time to yourself and for yourself, you change and the people around you change also.
What you read, see, do and hear every day impacts how you are in the world for better or worse. When you take time to be discerning about what you read, watch or listen to you may benefit and those around you may too. This ripple effect can stretch very far indeed.
If you are in need of support, I urge you seek it out. It's important to say that it isn't always a major acute stressor or life event that impacts us but perhaps a chronic kind of wear and tear. Maybe you just feel a little off or suffer an unrelenting fatigue. Perhaps you can not even put words on what it is that's happening to you. Regardless of the circumstances, there is help available and you are most certainly not alone.
For some, seeking counselling or psychotherapy may be cost-prohibitive or might even be frightening. It is also very confusing when choosing resources or supports online. I have put three simple suggestions here to help anyone who wants to help themselves today. I regularly update this so check back if you are looking for more ideas.