Persist Or Resist

Change can be difficult. The problem is that change is inevitable.

Every experience whether psychological or physical alters our state of mind. The change can be imperceptible or it can be dramatic. The fact remains that the person we are today is different to the person we were yesterday. We can either accept that and move on or resist it and see our life stall.

One of the greatest mental health challenges we face is not the change we see in other people but the change we experience within ourselves. How we react to a specific set of circumstances or occurrences can vary day to day depending on the way we have adapted and adjusted.

It’s important to understand that, as individuals, we are in a constant state of transformation. Who we are is not who we were and not who we will become.

Resistance is always possible but it’s also futile.

If we see room for improvement in our character or mood or if we acknowledge that we are unhappy with ourselves as an individual we can decide to take action. Conversely we can decide to resist, putting ourselves at odds with our very being.

Those who are unhappy with who they are but refuse to do something about it can become very confused and troubled and struggle with mental anguish and disquiet.

Self care is about examining the process and, through examining, understanding it.

The world continues to move around us and through us. To resist that is to invite psychological suffering.