When everyone is posting their 2023 highlights but your highlight was simply surviving
It's ok to not have a 2023 recap like the others. It's ok if your year wasn't full of outdoor adventures or life achievements. It's ok if all you did was survive.
I posted this short reel on my Instagram as a response to the 2023 highlights prompt. It was actually a video of me crying after I got my ADHD diagnosis.
2023 has been amazing with all it’s ups and downs. It’s pushed me to grow in many areas and I couldn’t be more grateful. And if I made a reel of all the places, food, friends, and activities involved in my 2023 I would have made a very colourful and lengthy one. But the fact that I survived the past year is the most important highlight to me.
Survival is not a bad thing, is it?
The post has received a lot of attention and I have mixed feelings about it. I don’t want you to think all I did was cry the whole year! On the outside I’ve had plenty of beautiful experiences (as confirmed by my IG posts lol), but that’s the thing about mental health. Judging from the outside one may look happy, but in reality it could just be a bunch coping mechanisms or masking. Inside, they could be falling apart. But what can we do?? It’s a thing you have to deal with regarding mental health. The most important thing is we survived!! We keep fighting. Life goes on. You’re allowed to cry and grieve and feel all the feels. This too shall pass. God is good. He will never give us something we won’t be able to handle. And He is always there to rescue us. 🤍
This is my first newsletter of the year and I think it’s just fitting that it’s about mental health again. If you haven’t noticed yet, I love talking about mental health!
I’m based in the Philippines so I don’t have the option to get paid for my posts, what I encourage you to do is share this post instead. :) It’s the best thing you could do to support me at this stage. I appreciate every one of you! And I hope and pray we all have a wonderful new year ahead. <3