Jan 31 2025 18 mins
You're just chugging along, thinking you're doing pretty good. You even start exercising more, eating a little better, then thwap! You find yourself in a mental health situation. Most of the time it's small and manageable, but on a rare instance, you find yourself having the perfect storm of physical fatigue, mental collapse, and an inability to emotionally cope. This is what happened to me recently, causing me to take an ambulance to the ER for severe anxiety. I'm finally feeling a little better now, but it was so unexpected, and my mind, body, and spirit just stopped cooperating with me, and I developed severe anxiety and insomnia. Then, to cope, I drank red wine, which was helping a lot, that is until it wasn't...
Here at the Bryar Patch, I always try to give it to you straight, and to keep it totally 100% real and relatable. The mix of my mom's cancer diagnosis paired with the craziness of the world right now, the LA fires, and the incoming chaos of this new administration of unusual fringe extremists, it's not hard to believe that myself and a lot of folks right now are having some unprecedented mental health challenges, and sometimes with that, some not ideal coping mechanisms. But I'm happy to report I'm back to an all natural life, exercising regularly, and my mind is finally not betraying me anymore with worry, angst, and racing thoughts, and I'm finally sleeping better again.
Life gets real sometimes, and it's easy to feel embarrassed, ashamed, and ostracized for having gone through something that not everyone goes through. There's a stigma to mental health issues but there shouldn't be, afterall, we're only human. Many people like to act tough and play it off to the point of callousness or self-denial, some people just never have the sensitivity, caring, or heart to care enough to admit they're hurting and having issues. But for empaths, sensitives, and good natured people, this is a reality almost all of us face in life, where we just hit an emotional wall and unravel. There's no shame in being a sensitive, and there should be no shame or stigma for having a mental health event, and anyone who's apathetic to this reality is too insecure to admit they're human.
As a veteran and usually tough person, I didn't know until it was too late that I was in the midst of a life crisis, panic attack, and mental breakdown! But I'm here to tell ya, it's not the end of the world, it's just a new opportunity to come to terms with some deep seeded things, set some things right, make some life and mental adjustments, and to get better, stronger, and wiser for it. Here, I talk about my mental health journey, and what to expect in the future for this podcast and channel.
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