I hope this one will be a bit quicker than most post that I make, but I just wanted to add to the choir of people that talk about mental health breaks and why when I did mine it was important even with everything that I fear.
I took a mental health break on suggestion but if you don't know the termanology or if you do but it always has been confusing: what is a mental health break? For me I'm in a hot break is or what is defined as one is you unplug from social media, do your favorite thing for a short period of time and whatever you do don't abstain from the mental health break because that's the whole point. It means turning on in the more relaxing thing and trying to reconnect spiritually with whatever keeps you going. It means going on a hike, or just going outside and touching grass.
For me mine was a little bit of a twist on the rules. I stayed away from Twitter and YouTube but beside that I really didn't quit social media, it was also a weekend where I was preoccupied with something that would normally be able to distract me one so it kind of was the perfect time to take a mental health break. The main thing I think that helped me was that even though I was still getting loud thoughts and I wasn't completely relaxed I wasn't constantly checking Twitter, and every couple hours it wasn't just reading news articles from places internationally that are interesting but it won't affect me directly and I wasn't doing the fun thing where I was waiting for the next video to come along.
For that short little time I wasn't a zombie to the dopamine. I should've probably gone outside maybe meditated and maybe journaled a little bit more than I usually do but just that little break helped me to be able to focus and reflect and get in touch with other sides myself that I normally ignore.
I loved being able to pay attention about 5% more than I usually do even if that somewhat negligible. There really is something to this whole information overload thing and perhaps if you're reading this and it connects with you at all, take your own mental health break… take some time to unplug from what you know makes you sad or and that you know that makes you angry and fearful and don't guilt yourself about it, but be sure to only do a few a few things that are your favorite things. You don't have to go outside you don't have to meditate and you don't have to say go on a long distance drive. And a mental health break is whatever you need to be and you can take them whether not you get piled on by random Internet users. And I know it's a luxury because not everybody can take them especially if they are struggling paycheck to paycheck but if you find time to do one I'm saying do it and you shouldn't be shamed for them no matter who you are.