Through out the course of my experiences with people and Mental Illness I have heard certain things that keep repeating. The most important I think is the use of the word Trust. Some things I hear are : they have to earn my trust, I don’t trust my doctor because I don’t know him, I don’t trust anyone because they look down on me (stigma) and I’m afraid of being burned.
Well let me take the time to explain why people don’t or have a hard time trusting. They DON’T TRUST THEMSELVES. You see in order to place trust in someone you first have to trust yourself. Sounds a bit out there but it’s fact. You have to trust yourself enough to take a chance on someone or something else. Knowing that you trust your self enough to make that decision makes the difference.
Taking it a step further, trusting yourself creates the feeling of self confidence in oneself and gives the reassurance to take that chance on someone else. If your confident in yourself your confident in the decisions you make ex. trusting your care in a doctor or trusting a person who is attempting to support you.
One of the biggest factors i’ve experienced that keep people sick is the fact that they don’t have the confidence to deal with the life they don’t want and create the healthy life they long for. This new life of happiness is only accomplished when one learns to trust themselves giving them the confidence to face their foes and place trust in others.
Put it this way if we step aboard an airplane to travel we automatically trust ourselves to take a chance and trust the pilots to get us to our destinations so if it’s Mental Illness we’re dealing with we should have enough trust in ourselves to take a chance on those who want to help and support us.
TRUST IN ONE SELF = SELF CONFIDENCE = THE POWER TO TRUST
everything in your life is linked. A Chain we’ll say. Every event linked to the next. As you add a new link the previous becomes the past. Now think of Mental Illness as a strain on this lifelong chain. Here’s how it works…