Discussing Mental Health With Others Does Help At Work And In Life

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    </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="3946">I realised that I had overcooked myself with all the problems of the world in my head. I had taken myself for granted. Although I had problems, I would act in front of others like nothing had happened. When others had problems, I would just help them to get their lives sorted. When I am facing the same challenges, I will even struggle to ask for help.</p><p id="b98a">There’s an excellent video on YouTube that depicted the same emotions as what I had been facing.</p>
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    </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="bbbd">But this changed after that call with my friend. I never showed anything in official meetings. My friend realised something was wrong. He was able to realise this because he was also feeling the same way.</p><p id="6837">We connected to discuss a problem and find a potential solution, but instead, we talked about everything else. It was an eye-opening experience for me.</p><p id="3de0">I know we have all been struggling with some challenges in various capacities. Asking for help and opening up to other people in your life can help provide emotional support. That’s the most courageous thing to

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do.</p><p id="2d25">I called a bunch of my friends and asked them how they were. Reaching out if you think you or someone you know needs help can make all the difference.</p><p id="710f">I hope that everyone who reads this realises that they are loved, needed, and belong. It’s only a phase. The right time, the right door of happiness is just around the corner, and no matter what struggles you are going through right now, you can hold onto the hope that you are going to make it through.</p><p id="7806"><i>If you enjoyed reading this, you might also find the below article worth your time.</i></p><div id="650e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/are-we-too-late-to-get-out-of-this-mess-123f4d90a6b7"> <div> <div> <h2>Are We Too Late To Get Out Of This Mess?</h2> <div><h3>If you can’t live without your smartphone, then you are addicted too.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*iUJF6JFomNOmiblfenfDMQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="b058" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/six-months-of-time-space-ended-the-relationship-of-three-years-d39017e5aa4f"> <div> <div> <h2>Six Months Of Time & Space Ended The Relationship Of Three Years</h2> <div><h3>It all started with a smile and ended with heartbreak.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*rtYaI9AQYMXgGExLtYd_6Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="f732"><i>If you enjoy reading stories that help you learn, live and work better, consider <a href="https://viveknaskar.medium.com/subscribe">becoming a subscriber</a>. Becoming a member will get you unlimited access to 10000s of stories, articles, and writers. It is just $5 per month. <a href="https://viveknaskar.medium.com/membership">If you sign up using my link</a>, I will earn a small commission that helps me write more articles.</i></p></article></body>

A sensitive subject that no one wants to bring up.

A few days back, I had a wholesome conversation with my team lead, who is also my friend, for about an hour. We talked over Google Meet and we discussed our lives, our mental health, families, and more.

Mind you, this was on a weekday and during office hours, and we didn’t discuss the problem that we had in our tasks — the reason we connected in the first place. Instead, we decided to talk about the emotional drain that we were both facing due to the excessive work we were doing to launch an app for a critical client the next week.

After the call ended, I felt incredibly good and had a “burden has been lifted off my chest” kind of feeling. A feeling of uneasiness, a problem you don’t even know when it started, mental fatigue taking a toll on your happiness and toying with your emotions, suddenly goes away.

It is really hard to explain this until and unless you have faced this. I bet some of you might even relate to this.

Over the past two years, I have been working on myself to be better at whatever I do. I have been trying to learn new skills and have been routinely documenting them on Notion and sometimes sharing them with others by publishing them. In fact, I had an incredibly productive last year.

This year, however, has been strange so far. I had not been feeling happy. Instead, I procrastinated throughout last month. Writing my feelings down in my journal and sometimes randomly tweeting about them got me so far.

I realised that I had overcooked myself with all the problems of the world in my head. I had taken myself for granted. Although I had problems, I would act in front of others like nothing had happened. When others had problems, I would just help them to get their lives sorted. When I am facing the same challenges, I will even struggle to ask for help.

There’s an excellent video on YouTube that depicted the same emotions as what I had been facing.

But this changed after that call with my friend. I never showed anything in official meetings. My friend realised something was wrong. He was able to realise this because he was also feeling the same way.

We connected to discuss a problem and find a potential solution, but instead, we talked about everything else. It was an eye-opening experience for me.

I know we have all been struggling with some challenges in various capacities. Asking for help and opening up to other people in your life can help provide emotional support. That’s the most courageous thing to do.

I called a bunch of my friends and asked them how they were. Reaching out if you think you or someone you know needs help can make all the difference.

I hope that everyone who reads this realises that they are loved, needed, and belong. It’s only a phase. The right time, the right door of happiness is just around the corner, and no matter what struggles you are going through right now, you can hold onto the hope that you are going to make it through.

If you enjoyed reading this, you might also find the below article worth your time.

If you enjoy reading stories that help you learn, live and work better, consider becoming a subscriber. Becoming a member will get you unlimited access to 10000s of stories, articles, and writers. It is just $5 per month. If you sign up using my link, I will earn a small commission that helps me write more articles.