Just there for the aesthetics. Maybe I’ll get in my influencer bag one day 👀

Hi! It took me years to get to where I am now and my healing is still an ongoing journey. This may be long so please bare with me.

I completely know how you feel with social anxiety and complex trauma. You’ve already started the first step, by asking for advice and acknowledging your mental health struggles. It’s good to start by indentifying the root of your traumas, because some traumas require different resources/healing techniques.

When my mental health was at its worst in 2017, I started going to grief counseling, I got on antidepressant/anti anxiety medication (not for everyone) and then I started going to therapy. Therapy and medication really helped me work through all of my complex traumas from childhood, to my young adulthood. It’s easy to self sabotage and to wallow, because that’s what’s comfortable and how your brain has functioned for longer than your heart wants. I started to challenge my dark thoughts and replace them with healing thoughts. It sounds simple and cliche, but it’s harder to make a habit of it than one may think. I found simple coping mechanisms that help me and I use them whenever I need them. I often find myself thinking “if I’ve made it through everything in my past, I can overcome whatever may be on the horizon” and that has really helped give me the confidence to continue to heal. Patience and effort is the key to healing deep rooted anxiety and traumas. The journey to healing is long and gruelling, but if you continue on that journey, you too will see a change within yourself. You don’t have to heal your mind & heart alone, but it starts and continues with you <3