Trying to Wake up

                So, I’ve been up for an hour and still wanting to crawl back into the bed and snuggle up thinking it’s better to just sleep and forget the day. Sadly I think that work wouldn’t be too pleased if I didn’t show up today.  Well I was on the blog and noticed that I’m almost to the 300 mark of RE: Where My Ladies at? Blog response to ‘The Brain Scoop’. I want to say thanks to all the readers that have read it and that those that do read my blog.

                Sorry I’m not as consistent as I would like to but we know how real life likes to just pluck it’s self into our lives. I would like to write more, there was a recent posting of the Avengers hunks pointing down at the viewer and its labeled “You should be writing.” Though sadly it’s void of Jeremy Renner who plays Hawkeye.   

                Yes, I would love to be writing more and blogging about things. I’m going to try and blog a bit more about things. What kind of things? Mmm, depends on what life has to offer in the way of content. Funny to think that life is content that we view every day and have to comment on. If you think about it life is nothing but content that we are constantly talking about that is reflective on what we have thought our world should be.

                I won’t go on a tangent about the horrible and rather sad events of the shooting at Fort Hood or the stabbings in Pennsylvania. I just hope that those that need help get it and that those that are grieving are eased into the comfort that we are thinking about them and they are in our thoughts.

                I can only hope that maybe in the days, months and years to come they can look back and learn from what is going on around us. Maybe create or find some way to stop these attacks and keep people safe. I know there isn’t a law on the books nor would a law that could be thought of or drafted that would be passed that take weapons away. We have to think more outside the box more outside of the natural understanding to help those in need mentally and to work at a better understanding of mental health and the sigma it represents.

                Mental health like physical health, needs to be addressed in the understanding that it’s alright to get help from a counselor. It’s ok to see a psychologist or psychiatrist. As much as we spend on health care to go to the doctor for this and that; we should be able to accept and understand when someone needs to see someone for what’s going on in our heads.

                I have a feeling the misconception of mental health has gone back since the late 1800’s with the movie’s glamourazation of insane asylums or even ‘Girl Interrupted’ movie adaptation showing mental hospitals in the 1960’s. Yes, even the movie ‘One Flew over the Coo-Coo’s Nest’ (which was a book before the movie adaptation) shows the misconceptions of mental health care that have continued through today.

                We need to realize that mental health care is something we should all invest in. Like the body, the mind does wear down and break down. Not everyone has their ‘shit’ together as people would say and others do need guidance after an event. Sometimes getting help isn’t something to be ashamed about; it should be respected and praised.

                To get help doesn’t mean you can’t handle your life; or you’re not able to live life as you normally would. It means you’re seeking help and needing assistance just like you’d go to seek help or assistance for high blood pressure or regulating your cholesterol. The more we embrace such help and the more it becomes the norm; maybe the less we’ll see attacks like these because these people sought help and weren’t worried about the social stigmas that are associated with it.