caf. wrote:as if things weren't bad enough :^)
had an absolutely awful ride today that's making me wonder if i'm really cut out to be working with horses at all. my mental illness makes me such a volatile and unpredictable person...i don't even know if i'm even meant to be around people, at this point.
i thought sleeping would make it better but i didn't sleep at all. at this point i don't know how else to escape how everything's affecting me so fully and so violently right now.
I don't know what you're going through, but I have the exact same problems when it comes to temper and the like. If I were you I would speak to someone about it and definitely get a doctor's appointment booked in, since they can help remarkably (more than what people make them out to tbh).
Same with riding, and I can promise this as an equestrian myself -- you will have bad days and bad times, but that's what happens with horses. They're unpredictable and you are too, especially with mental illness, but we need to work with it and move past it. You will have bad rides and you will reconsider-- I almost turned my back on the sport countless times-- but you'll get there if you stick to it. Keep your head up and stay close to it and push through it, and make what you can of the bad days. If a horse you're riding picks up on your loss of confidence (they will, too! They are very smart animals) you're basically done in for that ride. You need to get on with confidence, be 100% sure of what you want to do, and make it happen. If you carry on as best you can and try to push through it as best you can (giving way for mental reasons obviously) you will eventually get to a better place.
Copy-pasting here too.
If you ever feel close to dropping something or think you aren't cut out, just keep trying! See if you really are or aren't made for it. People have bad days -- they're inevitable. You need to push through and keep trying. You'll get there in the end, and even if you realise it isn't made for you, you
learnt that it isn't. It isn't the end of the world.
Similarly, there are ways to cope with temper problems and things like depression! We're all human and it happens. It is not the end of the road. You can find ways to manage your anger and better yourself in the mean time. A healthy lifestyle and organised environment and situation is also important if you want to really better your mental health and minimise stress.
Do not be discouraged from visiting a doctor about your symptoms!
Not enough people do this at all and seeing a doctor is so much better than confiding in Google or in internet friends, and even family. Find a way to cope yourself and get plenty of rest, and book a doctor's appointment as soon as you are able.
fanstasma wrote:i don't really need comfort right now, i just need encouragement.
''m gonna start saving money, and once i have enough i am going to open my own etsy shop and sell the dresses and skirts i make.
i've been thinking about it a lot, and i have decided that i' going to go for it.
and if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. no big deal. that's all that happens.
i'm gonna take some deep breathes and i'm gonna do it.
wish me luck,dudes ^-^
Good luck!